Separate, dedicated care teams for living organ donors

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-93

  McQuarrie, Brenda ^a   Gordon, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TEAMWORK;

EID: 0038617354     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7182/prtr.13.2.t51h776375072821     Document Type: Review

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