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Best interests and potential organ donors.

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Author information

Author/s: Coggon, John (J); Brazier, Margaret (M); Murphy, Paul (P); Price, David (D); Quigley, Muireann (M);

Affiliation: Centre for Social Ethics and Policy and Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL. John.Coggon(-atsign-)manchester.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (BMJ), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jun; vol 336 (issue 7657) : pp 1346-7

Dates: Created 2008/06/16; Completed 2008/07/15; Revised 2008/09/12;

PMID: 18556316, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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ErratumIn: BMJ. 2008 Jul 4; 337:a678.doi: 10.1136/bmj.a678.

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Great Britain Humans Mental Competency - legislation & jurisprudence Patient Advocacy

Patient Advocacy Patient Identification Systems - legislation & jurisprudence Tissue Donors - legislation & jurisprudence Tissue and Organ Procurement - legislation & jurisprudence

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