Spanish experience as a leading country: What kind of measures were taken?

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-343

  Matesanz, Rafael ^a   Domínguez Gil, Beatriz ^a   Coll, Elisabeth ^a   De La Rosa, Gloria ^a   Marazuela, Rosario ^a  

^a ORGANIZACIÓN NACIONAL DE TRASPLANTES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Donation; Expanded criteria donors; Organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DONOR SELECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SPAIN; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SPAIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79952589515     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01204.x     Document Type: Review

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