Clinical review: Moral assumptions and the process of organ donation in the intensive care unit

Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 382-388

  Streat, Stephen ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethics; Intensive care units; Language; Organ donation; Persuasive communication

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; ORGAN DONOR; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; TERMINAL CARE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 7944229478     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2876     Document Type: Review

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