Attitudes of intensive care nurses towards brain death and organ transplantation: Instrument development and testing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-582

  Kim, Jung Ran ^a,b,c   Fisher, Murray John ^b   Elliott, Doug ^b  

^a Ansan University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Kyungido Puchon City Jung Dong   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Instrument development; Intensive care unit nurses; Korea; Organ donation; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KOREA; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KOREA; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33645121083     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03759.x     Document Type: Article

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