Themes in the Management of Pediatric Brain Death Contestation: Exploratory Qualitative Work From Multidisciplinary Health Professionals in the United States
Family contestation of pediatric BD/DNC challenges all parties involved. The five themes identified from our qualitative analysis of interviews with experienced professionals do not constitute SCCM clinical practice guidance, but they will be used to inform the development of approaches to BD/DNC contestation through further scholarship and community consultation.
Authors
- Steven M. Leber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-1101)
- Jessica Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1796-0513)
- Kenya Agarwal
- Alexander A. Kon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0778-5977)
- Erica Andrist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-9251)
- Thaddeus Mason Pope (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7163-505X)
- Denise Winiarski
- Janice Firn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4668-1011)
- Ken Tegtmeyer
- Christian J. Vercler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2015-4213)
- Heidi R. Flori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6047-6970)
- Andrew Kiragu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1067-2922)
- Nneka Sederstrom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7512-3044)
- Wynne Morrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-970X)
- Matthew P. Kirschen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3585-2687)
- Amy H. J. Wolfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7873-2258)
- Christopher L. Carroll
- Mary E. McIlroy
- Nancy McGowan
Institutions
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- Children's National (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Hennepin County (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Community Medical Center (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
- Children's Minnesota (US)
- C. S. Mott Children's Hospital (US)
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (US)
- University of Minnesota Children's Hospital (US)
- Hamline University (US)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000003744
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51