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Arguments for ‘ocular donation’ as standardised terminology to reduce the ‘ick factor’ of ‘eye donation’
- Correspondence to Professor Katrina A Bramstedt, Department of Medicine, Khalifa University College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi, UAE; txbioethics{at}yahoo.com
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Arguments for ‘ocular donation’ as standardised terminology to reduce the ‘ick factor’ of ‘eye donation’
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- Received November 8, 2021
- Accepted December 28, 2021
- First published January 7, 2022.
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October 31, 2022
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