Organ procurement organizations Internet enrollment for organ donation: Abandoning informed consent

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Woien, Sandra ^a   Rady, Mohamed Y ^b   Verheijde, Joseph L ^b   McGregor, Joan ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REINFORCEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; DONOR; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN DEATH; CONSENT FORMS; DEATH; DISCLOSURE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); INTERNET; PRESUMED CONSENT; REGISTRIES; TERMINALLY ILL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846536154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-7-14     Document Type: Article

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