Perceived support among families deciding about organ donation for their loved ones: Donor vs nondonor next of kin

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Jacoby, Liva ^a   Jaccard, James ^b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DONOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957951933     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2010396     Document Type: Article

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