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The core of after death care in relation to organ donation - A grounded theory study.

Author

  • Anna Forsberg
  • Anne Flodén
  • Annette Lennerling
  • Veronika Karlsson
  • Madeleine Nilsson
  • Isabell Fridh

Summary, in English

The aim of this study was to investigate how intensive and critical care nurses experience and deal with after death care i.e. the period from notification of a possible brain dead person, and thereby a possible organ donor, to the time of post-mortem farewell.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

275-282

Publication/Series

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volume

30

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Nursing

Status

Published

Research group

  • Care in high technological environments

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1532-4036