title: Discussing organ donation with the family of a potential donor.
abstract: A young victim of a car crash is being looked after in the Critical Care Unit where Pierre is working at present. Although intensive care and medication were given for several days, the patient's condition has deteriorated rapidly to brain death, and he becomes a potential organ or tissue donor.
authors.affiliation: Ifsi, Lycée François-Rabelais, 9, rue Francis-de-Croisset, 75018 Paris, France isabelle.clavagnier@laposte.net
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clavagnier
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement