Perceptions of organ donation after circulatory determination of death among critical care physicians and nurses: A national survey

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2595-2600

  Hart, Joanna L ^a,b   Kohn, Rachel ^d   Halpern, Scott D ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Fostering Improvement in End of Life Decision Science (FIELDS) Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict of interest; health personnel; organ transplantation; practice guidelines as topic; terminal care; tissue and organ procurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CRITICAL CARE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865448684     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182590098     Document Type: Article

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