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Death and organ donation: back to the future
- Correspondence to Dr F G Miller, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892-1156, USA; fmiller{at}nih.gov
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Death and organ donation: back to the future
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- Received April 13, 2009
- Revised May 21, 2009
- Accepted June 5, 2009
- First published September 30, 2009.
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April 27, 2016
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