Organ donation: A statewide survey of trauma surgeons

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 110-117

  Johnson, Colleen M ^a   Lee Miller, S ^b,e   Kurek, Stanley J ^c   Lagares Garcia, Jorge A ^c   Broznick, Brian A ^f   Nathan, Howard ^d  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Gift of Life Donor Program   (United States)

^e Department of Pathology and Conemaugh Cancer Care Center   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Organ donation; Organ procurement organizations (OPOs); Transplant; Trauma; Trauma surgeons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; DONOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TRANSPLANTATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035403253     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200107000-00018     Document Type: Article

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