Information sharing: Its impact on donor and nondonor families' experiences in the hospital

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-149

  Long, Tracy ^a,b   Sque, Magi ^a,b   Payne, Sheila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33746666050     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480601600210     Document Type: Article

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