The dead-donor rule and the future of organ donation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1287-1289

  Truog, Robert D ^a,b   Miller, Franklin G ^c   Halpern, Scott D ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84884962521     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1307220     Document Type: Article

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