Donation after cardiac death: A survey of university student opinions on death and donation

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-247

  Joffe, Ari R ^a   Byrne, Roisin ^a   Anton, Natalie R ^a   Decaen, Allan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Death; Donation after cardiac death; Organ donation; Public; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STUDENT; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEATH; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 59849125016     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1234-1     Document Type: Article

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