Pediatric organ donation: What factors most influence parents' donation decisions?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-185

  Rodrigue, James R ^a   Cornell, Danielle L ^b   Howard, Richard J ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain death; Children; Education; Organ donation; Organ procurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449113477     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181668605     Document Type: Article

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