When the living and the deceased cannot agree on organ donation: A survey of us organ procurement organizations (OPOs)

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-177

  Chon, W J ^a   Josephson, M A ^a   Gordon, E J ^b   Becker, Y T ^a   Witkowski, P ^a   Arwindekar, D J ^a   Naik, A ^a   Thistlethwaite, J R ^a   Liao, C ^a   Ross, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor registration; first person authorization; organ donation; procurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED STATES; WEB BROWSER;

DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; HUMANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891038340     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12519     Document Type: Article

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