How nurses shift from care of a brain-injured patient to maintenance of a brain-dead organ donor

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 306-312

  Day, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; DONOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANECDOTES; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; ETHICS, NURSING; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE DONORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035459144     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2001.10.5.306     Document Type: Article

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