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01-09-2014 | From the Inside

Creating my personalized organ donation directive

Author: David M. Shaw

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2014

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I do not want to die, but I do want to donate my organs when I am deceased. Of course, most people who want to donate their organs do not die in a way that makes donation a possibility; a fatal head injury is fortunately not too common an occurrence. However, if I do happen to die in a way that makes donation a possibility, the last thing I want is for my family to veto donation, which happens quite frequently. …

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Title: Creating my personalized organ donation directive
Author: David M. Shaw
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3335-3

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