Consent to organ donation: A review

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-104

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

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874695918     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/pit2013801     Document Type: Article

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