Honouring the donor: in death and in life
Elective ventilation (EV) is ventilation—not to save a patient's life, but with the expectation that s/he will die—in the hope that organs can be retrieved in the best possible state. The arguments for doing such a thing rest on the value of the lives being saved by the donated organs, maximall...
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BMJ Publ.
2013
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 149-152 |
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