The instability of organ donation decisions by next-of-kin and factors that predict it

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2661-2667

  Rodrigue, J R ^a   Cornell, D L ^b   Howard, R 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

Decision stability; Organ donation; Organ procurement organization; Regret

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 55949106444     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02429.x     Document Type: Article

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