Understanding the antecedents of the acceptance of donation after cardiac death by healthcare professionals

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1075-1081

  D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^a,b   Peltier, James W ^c,e   Phelps, Joseph E ^d  

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

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donation after cardiac Death; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449141191     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181691b2b     Document Type: Article

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