Persuading bereaved families to permit organ donation

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-98

  Shaw, David ^a   Elger, Bernice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING; COGNITIVE BIAS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; ORGAN DONOR; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTER; RELIGION; SOCIAL BELIEF;

BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84890956920     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3096-4     Document Type: Article

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