Potential for deceased donation not optimally exploited: Donor action data from six countries

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1167-1171

  Roels, Leo ^a   Smits, Jacqueline ^b   Cohen, Bernard ^a  

^a Donor Action Foundation   (Belgium)

^b EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conversion rates; Ethics living donation; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FINLAND; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART BEATING DONOR; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DONOR SELECTION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ISRAEL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84871613029     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31826dde40     Document Type: Article

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