An unquestioned assumption in the debate on the dead donor rule

Comment

Michael Nair-Collins. J Med Ethics. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;44(12):872-873.

doi: 10.1136/medethics-2018-104979. Epub 2018 Aug 13.

No abstract available

Keywords: dead donor rule; death; vital organ donation.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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