National evaluation of healthcare provider attitudes toward organ donation after cardiac death

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2952-2958

  Mandell, M Susan ^a   Zamudio, Stacy ^b   Seem, Debbie ^c   McGaw, Lin J ^c   Wood, Geri ^d   Liehr, Patricia ^e   Ethier, Angela ^d   D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Clinical practice patterns; Healthcare providers; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NURSE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; SURGEON; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEATH; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33751335015     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000247718.27324.65     Document Type: Article

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