MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'brain stem death'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2357450&cid=t_236851_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F9HlbLlYHYBg%2F Since such a large number of people don’t sign organ donation cards or place themselves on a registry, healthcare personnel find themselves in the position of having to ask shocked and grieving families about their wishes. This is a difficult task for people who aren’t trained or well-prepared for the role. According to a press release issued by the BMJ , A recent audit of 341 deaths in intensive care units in the UK revealed that 41% of relatives of potential donors denied consent. In an interview study a third of relatives who had refused donation said that they would not refuse again, whereas only a few of people who had given consent regretted their decision. The authors of the study review looked at 20 were looking to see if they could find specific factors that affected h... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2357450 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:16:21 +0100 2357450