The dead donor rule and organ transplantation

N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 14;359(7):674-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0804474.

Authors

Robert D Truog¹, Franklin G Miller

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School and Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, USA.

PMID: 18703469
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0804474

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Brain Death* / diagnosis
Brain Death* / legislation & jurisprudence
Death*
Heart Arrest*
Humans
Informed Consent
Organ Transplantation / ethics*
Tissue Donors / ethics*
Tissue and Organ Procurement / ethics
Tissue and Organ Procurement / standards*