Attitude of health care professionals to brain death: Influence on the organ donation process

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-215

  Cohen, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Ami, Sharona Ben ^b   Ashkenazi, Tamar ^b   Singer, Pierre ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ISRAEL; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BRAIN DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 41049097332     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2007.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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