Truthfulness in transplantation: non-heart-beating organ donation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>The current practice of organ transplantation has been criticized on several fronts. The philosophical and scientific foundations for brain death criteria have been crumbling. In addition, donation after cardiac death, or non-heartbeating-organ donation (NHBD) ha...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2007-08-01
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| Series: | Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.peh-med.com/content/2/1/17 |