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Ethical Considerations: Organ transplantation and the definition of death in medical practice

Editorial    
Death, organ transplantation and medical practice
Thomas S Huddle, Michael A Schwartz, F Amos Bailey, Michael A Bos
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008, 3:5 (4 February 2008)
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Commentary    
The ethics of donation and transplantation: are definitions of death being distorted for organ transplantation?
Ari R Joffe
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007, 2:28 (25 November 2007)
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Commentary    
Defining the vital condition for organ donation
Rinaldo Bellomo, Nereo Zamperetti
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007, 2:27 (19 November 2007)
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Commentary    
The United States Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006): New challenges to balancing patient rights and physician responsibilities
Joseph L Verheijde, Mohamed Y Rady, Joan L McGregor
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007, 2:19 (12 September 2007)
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Commentary    
Clarifying the paradigm for the ethics of donation and transplantation: Was 'dead' really so clear before organ donation?
Sam D Shemie
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007, 2:18 (24 August 2007)
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Commentary    
Truthfulness in transplantation: non-heart-beating organ donation
Michael Potts
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007, 2:17 (24 August 2007)
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Commentary    
Seeking an ethical and legal way of procuring transplantable organs from the dying without further attempts to redefine human death
David Wainwright Evans
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007, 2:11 (29 June 2007)
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Review    
Recovery of transplantable organs after cardiac or circulatory death: Transforming the paradigm for the ethics of organ donation
Joseph L Verheijde, Mohamed Y Rady, Joan McGregor
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007, 2:8 (22 May 2007)
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