Our bodies, our families. The family's role in organ donation |
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Authors: | Dougherty C J |
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Affiliation: | Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. |
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Abstract: | The 1968 Uniform Anatomical Gift Act--in keeping with a legal (and medical) concern for individual autonomy--bypassed the family in establishing the legal requirements for cadaveric organ donation, but current practice wisely recognizes a role for families in the decision making. |
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