A multidisciplinary organ donor council and performance improvement initiative can improve donation outcomes

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1059-1062

  Kong, Allen P ^a   Barrios, Cristobal ^a   Salim, Ali ^b   Willis, Lynn ^a   Cinat, Marianne E ^a   Dolich, Matthew O ^a   Lekawa, Michael E ^a   Malinoski, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT REFERRAL;

BENCHMARKING; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 78651378211     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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