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When Organ Donors Are Still Patients: Is Premortem Use of Heparin Ethically Acceptable?
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Title When Organ Donors Are Still Patients: Is Premortem Use of Heparin Ethically Acceptable?
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/566021?src=rss
Description The dead-donor rule: Ethical implications of the premortem use of heparin.
American Journal of Critical Care
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date Nov 30, 2007
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