"Non-Heart-Beating," or "Cardiac Death," organ donation: Why we should care

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 324-334

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

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory death; End of life care; Ethics; Informed consent; Non heart beating donation; Organ donation; Organ procurement

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; DECISION MAKING; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART DEATH; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIA; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548577430     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.204     Document Type: Review

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