An official American thoracic society/international society for heart and lung transplantation/society of critical care medicine/association of organ and procurement organizations/united network of organ sharing statement: Ethical and policy considerations in organ donation after circulatory determination of death

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-109

  Gries, Cynthia J ^a   White, Douglas B ^a   Truog, Robert D ^a   DuBois, James ^a   Cosio, Carmen C ^a   Dhanani, Sonny ^a   Chan, Kevin M ^a   Corris, Paul ^a   Dark, John ^a   Fulda, Gerald ^a   Glazier, Alexandra K ^a   Higgins, Robert ^a   Love, Robert ^a   Mason, David P ^a   Nakagawa, Thomas A ^a   Shapiro, Ron ^a   Shemie, Sam ^a   Tracy, Mary Fran ^a   Travaline, John M ^a   Valapour, Maryam ^a   West, Lori ^a   Zaas, David ^a   Halpern, Scott D ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac death; Clinical ethics; Organ donor; Transplant; Transplant Policy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULATORY DETERMINATION OF DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; DEATH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880164280     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201304-0714ST     Document Type: Article

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