Caring for organ donors: The intensive care unit physicians' view

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-197

  Sadala, Maria Lúcia Araujo ^a   Lorençon, Marisa ^a   Cercal, Márcia ^a   Schelp, Arthur ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEREAVEMENT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAZIL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33747689066     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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