Death determination by neurologic criteria—what do families understand?

…, G Pagliarello, M Chassé, M Gatien… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Currently, there is little empirical data on family understanding about brain death
and death determination. The purpose of this study was to describe family members’ (FMs’) …

The experiences of family members of deceased organ donors and suggestions to improve the donation process: a qualitative study

…, G Pagliarello, M Chassé, K Lotherington, M Gatien… - Cmaj, 2022 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Decisions about organ donation are stressful for family members of potential
organ donors. We sought to comprehensively explore the donation process from interviews …

Patient-centred and family-centred care of critically ill patients who are potential organ donors: a qualitative study protocol of family member perspectives

…, G Pagliarello, M Chasse, K Lotherington, M Gatien… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction In a patient-centred and family-centred approach to organ donation, compassion
is paramount. Recent guidelines have called for more research, interventions and …

[HTML][HTML] Protocol: Patient-centred and family-centred care of critically ill patients who are potential organ donors: a qualitative study protocol of family member …

…, G Pagliarello, M Chasse, K Lotherington, M Gatien… - BMJ Open, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction In a patient-centred and family-centred approach to organ donation, compassion
is paramount. Recent guidelines have called for more research, interventions and …

Correction: Death determination by neurologic criteria—what do families understand?

…, G Pagliarello, M Chassé, M Gatien… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Kramer, MD, 13 Joann Kawchuk, MD, 7 Pierre Cardinal, MD, 1 Sonny Dhanani, MD, 14
Ken Lotherington, MEd, 4 Giuseppe Pagliarello, MD, 1 Michaël Chassé, MD, 15 Mary Gatien …

Corneal transplant wait list varies across Canada

L Kramer - Canadian Medical Association. Journal, 2013 - search.proquest.com
Mary Gatien, president of the Canadian Association of Eye and Tissue Banks in Saint John,
New Brunswick. "Sometimes you can have corneal tissue but not have a surgeon available …

Delivering the gift of sight

B Sibbald - The Canadian Nurse, 2000 - search.proquest.com
… And so began the most rewarding part of Mary Gatien's 27-year … But Gatien sees it as their
right to have the option of helping … The quilt is just one of the humane touches Gatien has …

Tissue quality of eye-bank–prepared precut corneas for Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty

BA Nelson, RJ Ritenour - Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 - Elsevier
… statistical analysis, Catherine Hackett (Regional Tissue Bank, QEII Health Sciences Centre,
Halifax, Nova Scotia), and Mary Gatien (New Brunswick Eye Bank, Saint John, Nova Scotia). …

Why brain death is considered death and why there should be no confusion

CM Burkle, RR Sharp, EF Wijdicks - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Neurologic determination of brain death is a complex assessment that may be misunderstood
by nonspecialists and families. Recent guidelines clarify how to proceed with such an …

End-of-life conversations with families of potential donors: leading practices in offering the opportunity for organ donation

SD Shemie, A Robertson, J Beitel, J Chandler… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
The Canadian public and healthcare professionals strongly support organ and tissue
donation. 1, 2 However, Canada’s deceased donation rate is less than half of the best-performing …