The Paradox of the Dead Donor Rule: Increasing Death on the Waiting List

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 21-23

  Sade, Robert M ^a   Boan, Andrea ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC OPINION; TRANSPLANTATION;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; BRAIN DEATH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84904573684     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2014.925169     Document Type: Note

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