Physicians and organ procurement organizations - An essential partnership that must not be neglected

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1595-1596

  Johnson, Maryl R ^a   Nelson, Helen ^b   D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Organ donation; Organ donation requests; Organ donor; Organ procurement organizations; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 0038242352     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000063089.09303.64     Document Type: Editorial

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