Improvement in the organ donation rate at a large Urban Trauma Center

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  O'Brien, Rena L ^a   Serbin, Mary F ^a   O'Brien, Kevin D ^b   Maier, Ronald V ^c   Grady, Michael S ^c  

^a Northwest Organ Procurement Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; INJURY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030020101     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430140043011     Document Type: Article

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