Donation after cardiac death: Ethical dilemmas and implications for advanced practice nurses

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 228-234

  Everidge, Caryn S ^a  

^a Edward Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemmas; Organ donation; Organ donation after cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DONOR; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84862189136     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0b013e318256d7dc     Document Type: Review

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