Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Feb 1995
A survey of personal and professional attitudes of intensivists to organ donation and transplantation.
A questionnaire survey was carried out to examine the attitudes and practices of Australian and New Zealand intensivists with regard to brain death and organ donation. A return rate of 82.5% was achieved. Fifty-eight per cent had written evidence of their own wishes to donate organs and 94% would agree to donation from a dependent. ⋯ Perceptions of family grief and cultural differences clearly inhibit requests for organ donation. A very few units have an effective policy on approaching families about organ donation. Intensivists have almost exclusive control over requests for organ donation and thus bear a full professional responsibility for this element of hospital practice.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Feb 1995
Letter Case ReportsRespiratory arrest with patient-controlled analgesia.