Consenting to donation: An examination of current practices in informed consent for tissue donation in the US

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-95

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Traino, Heather M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Informed consent; Qualitative coding; Tissue donation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873734946     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-012-9303-7     Document Type: Article

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