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Ex ante reflection will not grant immunity to moral troubles among clinicians at organ donation in the ICU

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  1. Institute of Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Anna-Henrikje Seidlein

  2. Interdisciplinary Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Anna-Henrikje Seidlein

  3. Institute for Nursing Science and Interprofessional Learning, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Anna-Henrikje Seidlein

  4. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Portland Square Building A, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

    Jos M. Latour

  5. Curtin School of Nursing, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Jos M. Latour

  6. Department of Nursing, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Jos M. Latour

  7. Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine School of Nursing, Jerusalem, Israel

    Julie Benbenishty

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Seidlein, AH., Latour, J.M. & Benbenishty, J. Ex ante reflection will not grant immunity to moral troubles among clinicians at organ donation in the ICU. Intensive Care Med (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07456-x

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