Obstacles to organ donation in Swedish intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 700-707

  Sanner, Margareta A ^a   Nydahl, Anders ^b   Desatnik, Peter ^c   Rizell, Magnus ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Intensive care; Medical ethics; Non therapeutic ventilation; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSURGERY; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY CONTROL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33646415963     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0126-5     Document Type: Article

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