Honouring the donor: In death and in life

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 149-152

  Gillett, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DONOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MORALITY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RISK; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BRAIN DEATH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84874395105     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-101159     Document Type: Article

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