Determinants of family consent to tissue donation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 956-963

  Siminoff, Laura A ^a   Traino, Heather M ^a   Gordon, Nahida ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family consent; Medical decision making; Tissue donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DONOR SELECTION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE BANKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958155165     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d8924b     Document Type: Article

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