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PDFLaw, ethics, and medicine
Does it matter that organ donors are not dead? Ethical and policy implications
- Correspondence to: Professor M Potts 5400 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28311 – 1498, USA; gratiaetnaturayahoo.com
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Does it matter that organ donors are not dead? Ethical and policy implications
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- Received August 11, 2004
- Accepted October 11, 2004
- Revised September 29, 2004
- First published June 30, 2005.
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June 30, 2005
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