Attitudes and Self-Reported End-Of-Life Care of Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Doctors in the Context of Organ Donation after Circulatory Death

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 488-497

  Lee, Y Y ^a   Ranse, K ^b   Silvester, W ^c,f   Mehta, A ^c,d,f   Van Haren, F M P ^e  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Death and Organ Donation Committee   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^f Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

attitude of health personnel; donation after cardiac death; donation after circulatory death; end of life practices; ethics; medical: clinical practice; perception of health personnel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEW ZEALAND; NON HEART BEATING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; TERMINAL CARE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 85054718744     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057X1804600510     Document Type: Article

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