One or two types of death? Attitudes of health professionals towards brain death and donation after circulatory death in three countries

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-467

  Rodriguez Arias D ^a,c   Tortosa, J C ^b,c   Burant, C J ^d,e   Aubert, P ^f,g   Aulisio, M P ^f   Youngner, S J ^f  

^a INSTITUTO DE FILOSOFÍA   (Spain)

^b Hopital Saint Camille   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Attitude to death; Brain death; Donation after circulatory death; Ethics; France; Spain; Tissue and organ procurement; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPAIN; STANDARD; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SPAIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879781985     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-011-9369-1     Document Type: Article

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