Consent for Organ Retrieval Cannot Be Presumed

Overview

Journal HEC Forum

Specialties Forensic Sciences
Health Services
Medical Ethics

Date 2009 Mar 4

PMID 19255729

Citations 1

Authors

Mike Collins

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