Death and organ donation: Meeting the needs of multiethnic and multifaith populations

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Randhawa, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Christianity; death; ethnic groups; Hinduism; Islam; Judaism; medicine and religion; organ donation; religion

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART BEAT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMANISM; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGAN DONOR; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; RITUAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84855218472     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer385     Document Type: Review

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