Effect of "collaborative requesting" on consent rate for organ donation: Randomised controlled trial (ACRE trial)

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7726, 2009, Pages 899-901

  Young, Duncan ^a   Danbury, Chris ^b   Barber, Vicki ^b   Collett, Dave ^b   Jenkins, Barry ^b   Morgan, Karen ^b   Morgan, Lesley ^b   Poppitt, Ella ^b   Richards, Susan ^b   Edwards, Sarah ^b   Patel, Sandip ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; TELEPHONE; TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350052794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3911     Document Type: Article

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