Location of in-house organ procurement organization staff in level I trauma centers increases conversion of potential donors to actual donors

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1330-1335

  Shafer, Teresa J ^a,b   Davis, Kimberly D ^a   Holtzman, Samuel M ^a   Van Buren, Charles T ^a   Crafts, Nicholas J ^a   Durand, Roger ^a  

^a LifeGift Organ Donation Center   (United States)

^b LifeGift Organ Donation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATOLOGY;

CERTIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TEXAS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 0037469045     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000060532.70301.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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