Legislation of Presumed Consent for End-Of-Life Organ Donation in the United Kingdom (UK): Undermining Values in a Multicultural Society
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I Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, Arizona, USA. II Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, Arizona, USA. III Department of Philosophy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA. IV Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida, USA. [email protected] LEgIsLATIOn Of pREsumED cOnsEnT fOR EnD-Of-LIfE ORgAn DOnATIOn In ThE unITED KIngDOm (uK): unDERmInIng vALuEs In A muLTIcuLTuRAL sOcIETy
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
دوره 63 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008