Improving donation outcomes: Hospital development and the rapid assessment of hospital procurement barriers in donation

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-187

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Traino, Heather ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OHIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349241774     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480901900213     Document Type: Article

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