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69One or two types of death? Attitudes of health professionals towards brain death and donation after circulatory death in three countriesMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 16 (3): 457-467. 2013.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 uncontrolled DCD. Five hundred and eighty-seven HPs likely to be involved in the process of organ procurement were interviewed in 14 hospitals with transplant programs in France, Spain and the US. Three potential donation scenarios—BD, uncontrolled DCD and controlled DCD—were presented to study subjects during individual…Read more
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47Advance directives and the family: French and American perspectivesClinical Ethics 2 (3): 139-145. 2007.Several studies have explored differences between North American and European doctor patient relationships. They have focused primarily on differences in philosophical traditions and historic and socioeconomic factors between these two regions that might lead to differences in behaviour, as well as divergent concepts in and justifications of medical practice. However, few empirical intercultural studies have been carried out to identify in practice these cultural differences. This lack of standa…Read more
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University of Southwestern LouisianaGraduate student
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America