Prior family communication and consent to organ donation: using intensive care physicians’ perception to model decision processes

Generally, the Swiss hold favourable attitudes to organ donation, but only few carry a donor card. If no card is found on a potential donor, families have to be approached about donation. The aim of this paper is to model the role that some family communication factors play in the family decision to...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Schulz, Ann van Ackere, Uwe Hartung, Anke Dunkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Public Health Research
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Online Access:http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/73