Directed organ donation: Is the donor the owner?

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-131

  Cronin, Antonia J ^a   Price, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992792231     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2008.008018     Document Type: Article

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