A plea for uniform European definitions for organ donor potential and family refusal rates

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1064-1072

  Jansen, Nichon E ^a   Haase Kromwijk, Bernadette J J M ^a   Van Leiden, Hendrik A ^a   Weimar, Willem ^b   Hoitsma, Andries J ^c  

^a Dutch Transplant Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparison of organ donor rates; Definition of potential organ donor; Family refusal rate; Uniform definitions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; EUROPE; FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTRATION;

ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE; BRAIN DEATH; DONOR SELECTION; EUROPE; FAMILY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MORTALITY; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTRIES; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 70349686848     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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