A paradigm shift in the approach to families for organ donation: Honoring patients' wishes versus request for permission in patients with department of motor vehicles donor designations

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1507-1509

  Christmas, Ashley Britton ^a   Mallico, Eric J ^a   Burris, Gary W ^b   Bogart, Tyson A ^b   Norton, Harry James ^a   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; BRAIN DEATH; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; DONOR; HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 67650601421     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818a5cf0     Document Type: Article

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