As nurses begin to recognize the incongruities between their philosophy of nursing and their
research methods, growing acceptance of phenomenology as an alternative research …

Tales about organ transplants appear in mythology and folk stories, and surface in
documents from medieval times, but only during the past twenty years has medical …

The sociology of emotion is a new, growing field within the larger discipline of sociology, 1
and part of a wider interdisciplinary renaissance in interest in emotion. All of the nineteenth …

Aims and objectives To explore and evaluate perioperative nurses' experience of organ
procurement. Background Organ procurement is part of the organ donation process, and is …

The demand for transplantable organs and tissues is steadily increasing and action is
necessary to improve the organ and tissue donation rates. Previous research has suggested …

Understanding patients' perspectives is central to providing appropriate nursing care. The
purpose of this study was to explore ambulatory surgery patients' perceptions and views of …

Introduction/background Multi-organ procurement surgical procedures through the
generosity of deceased organ donors, have made an enormous impact on extending the …

Human organ transplantation is an important treatment for certain medical conditions, and
for irreversible organ failure. There is a shortfall in the number of organs required for …

This focus group study describes the concerns and priorities of women who are Registered
Nurse Students (RNs) students (N= 35) enrolled in RN-Bachelor of Science in Nursing …

The enterprise of organ transplantation is like no other among biomedical technologies in
that the rapid conversion of the technologically managed death of one patient is transformed …