Intensive care staff attitudes to deceased organ donation

Journal of the Intensive Care Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-56

  Fenner, Helen ^a   Buss, Charmaine ^b   Gardiner, Dale ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Midlands Organ Donation Services Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Intensive care; Opinions; Organ donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSE; ORGAN DONOR; PHYSICIAN; WORKSHOP;

EID: 84896697657     PISSN: 17511437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/175114371401500111     Document Type: Article

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