Elective ventilation and the politics of death

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 153-157

  Emmerich, Nathan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEATH; DONOR; ETHICS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; REGISTER; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRAIN DEATH; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENTION; MORALS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICS; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84874373234     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100951     Document Type: Note

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