Registering wishes about organ and tissue donation: Personal discussion during licence renewal may be superior to online registration

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 835-837

  Lawlor, M ^a,b   Kerridge, I ^a,c  

^a Centre for Values   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Informed consent; Registries; Tissue and organ procurement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMED CONSENT; LICENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SHORT SURVEY; VALIDITY;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 73649144549     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02085.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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