The case for kidney donation before end-of-life care

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Morrissey, Paul E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead donor rule; Donation after cardiac death; End of life care; Organ procurement; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEPHRECTOMY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC OPINION; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUBLIC OPINION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84865659103     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2012.671886     Document Type: Article

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