Commentary
Organ and tissue donation in the intensive care unit
Graeme M. Rocker and The Canadian Critical Care Society Working Group on Organ and Tissue Donation
CMAJ November 26, 2002 167 (11) 1248-1249;
Graeme M. Rocker
Dr. Rocker is Associate Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Dr. Kerry Bowman, Mount Sinai Hospital and the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Ont.; Dr. Alister Browne, Langara College, Vancouver, BC; Dr. Jocelyn Downie, Director, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Lois Scott, family representative of an organ recipient, NB; Diane Craig, family representative of an organ donor, Ont.; Dr. Graeme Rocker (chair), Intensive Care Program, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS; Dr. Paul Boiteau, CCCS President (2000–2002), Department of Critical Care Medicine, Calgary Health Region, National Coordinating Committee representative, Calgary, Alta.; Dr. Peter Dodek, Intensive Care Unit, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Dr. Christopher Doig, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alta.; Dr. Catherine Farrell, Pediatric ICU, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Que.; Dr. Giuseppe Pagliarello, the Ottawa Hospital Organ and Tissue Procurement Program, Ottawa, Ont.; Dr. Sam Shemie, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., currently Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que.; Dr. Gordon Wood, Intensive Care Unit, Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, BC
Dr. Rocker is Associate Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Dr. Kerry Bowman, Mount Sinai Hospital and the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Ont.; Dr. Alister Browne, Langara College, Vancouver, BC; Dr. Jocelyn Downie, Director, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Lois Scott, family representative of an organ recipient, NB; Diane Craig, family representative of an organ donor, Ont.; Dr. Graeme Rocker (chair), Intensive Care Program, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS; Dr. Paul Boiteau, CCCS President (2000–2002), Department of Critical Care Medicine, Calgary Health Region, National Coordinating Committee representative, Calgary, Alta.; Dr. Peter Dodek, Intensive Care Unit, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; Dr. Christopher Doig, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alta.; Dr. Catherine Farrell, Pediatric ICU, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Que.; Dr. Giuseppe Pagliarello, the Ottawa Hospital Organ and Tissue Procurement Program, Ottawa, Ont.; Dr. Sam Shemie, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., currently Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que.; Dr. Gordon Wood, Intensive Care Unit, Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, BC
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Organ and tissue donation in the intensive care unit
Graeme M. Rocker, The Canadian Critical Care Society Working Group on Organ and Tissue Donation
CMAJ Nov 2002, 167 (11) 1248-1249;
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