Organ donation: Family members NOT honoring patient wishes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1095-1097

  Christmas, Ashley Britton ^a   Burris, Gary W ^b   Bogart, Tyson A ^b   Sing, Ronald F ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LifeShare of the Carolinas   (United States)

Author keywords

Family consent; Organ donation; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; PATIENT; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; TRANSPLANTATION;

DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; PATIENTS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 67650576417     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318160e1f0     Document Type: Article

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