Appointing 'trained donation practitioners' results in a higher family consent rate in the Netherlands: A multicenter study

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1189-1197

  Jansen, Nichon E ^a   Van Leiden, Hendrik A ^a   Haase Kromwijk, Bernadette J J M ^a   Van Der Meer, Nardo J M ^b   Kruijff, Edwin Vorstius ^b   Van Der Lely, Netty ^c   Van Zon, Hans ^c   Meinders, Arend Jan ^d   Mosselman, MacHteld ^d   Hoitsma, Andries J ^e  

^a Dutch Transplant Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decision making process; donation request; family refusal; organ and tissue donation; training program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY CONSENT; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINED DONATION PRACTITIONER;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 80755175744     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01326.x     Document Type: Article

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