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Organ donation: a pastoral care model
1Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980664, Richmond, VA 23298-0664, USA.
Journal of Pastoral Care
|January 9, 2001
Abstract:
Reports the development and implementation of one academic medical center's comprehensive program to increase organ donation rates. Describes a systematic program of family care and communication with special attention to the role of pastoral care. Data demonstrate a positive impact on consent and donation rates in the program's second year. Results suggest factors which impact consent and donation rates.