This document was developed through the collaborative efforts of the Society of Critical Care
Medicine, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the Association of Organ …

Objective: Organ donation after cardiac death (DCD) is one promising possibility of
combating the organ shortage, but it raises ethical issues that differ from those raised in …

Objective: Although pediatric donation after circulatory determination of death is increasing
in frequency, there are no national or international donation after circulatory determination of …

Rationale: Donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) has the potential to
increase the number of organs available for transplantation. Because consent and …

Despite continuing controversies regarding the vital status of both brain-dead donors and
individuals who undergo donation after circulatory death (DCD), respecting the dead donor …

Objetivo Conhecer os conflitos éticos vivenciados pelos enfermeiros no processo de
doação de órgãos. Métodos Pesquisa qualitativa utilizando a análise de conteúdo de …

Introduction Nurses represent an important link in mediating between the potential donors
and their relatives' consent to organ and tissue transplantation. The message of the Health …

This study examined health professionals'(HPs) experience, beliefs and attitudes towards
brain death (BD) and two types of donation after circulatory death (DCD)—controlled and …

Background This integrative literature review synthesizes evidence on the effect of
educational initiatives (EI) on the attitude and knowledge of health care professionals …

Objective: We sought to identify factors related to critical care physicians' and nurses'
willingness to help manage potential donors after circulatory determination of death, and to …