Organ donation breakthrough collaborative: Increasing organ donation through system redesign

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 33-48

  Shafer, Teresa J ^a   Wagner, Dennis ^b   Chessare, John ^c   Zampiello, Francis A ^d   McBride, Virginia ^e   Perdue, Jade ^e  

^a LifeGift Organ Donation Center   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Caritas Norwood Hospital   (United States)

^d Quality Reality Checks Inc   (United States)

^e HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; DONOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33745233328     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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