A call for full public disclosure and moratorium on donation after cardiac death in children

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 641-643

  Carcillo, Joseph A ^a   Orr, Richard ^a   Bell, Michael ^a   Joffe, Ari ^b   Maffei, Frank A ^c   Sullivan, John ^c   Han, Yong Y ^d   Thomas, James ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Southwestern Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART DEATH; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 77957566773     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181dd517d     Document Type: Letter

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