Family, friends, and faith: how organ donor families heal.
| Autor: | Stouder DB; Lifesharing Community Organ & Tissue Donation, San Diego, CA 92108, USA. dstouder@ucsd.edu, Schmid A, Ross SS, Ross LG, Stocks L |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) [Prog Transplant] 2009 Dec; Vol. 19 (4), pp. 358-61. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/152692480901900412 |
| Abstrakt: | Context: Understanding how organ donors' families recover from their grief can help organ procurement organizations improve consent rates and increase the number of deceased donor organs available for transplant. Objective: To determine what helps the loved ones of deceased organ donors heal from their grief and loss, and to better understand families' needs during the consent process as a way of improving overall consent rates for organ donation. Design, Setting, and Participants: Written survey of all organ and tissue donors' families in the San Diego and Imperial County (California) service area during 2006 and 2007. Main Outcome Measures: Responses to the 20-question survey addressing factors that help healing from grief, as well as contextual information about the families' experience at the hospital and the consent process. Results: Most respondents (84%) indicated that family support was the most helpful thing in dealing with their grief, followed by the support of friends (74%) and religious and cultural beliefs (37%). Most (75%) indicated that they agreed to donation so that something positive could result from their loss. Most respondents (93%) felt that they were given enough information to make an informed decision about donation, and 6% indicated that the donation process interfered with funeral or memorial arrangements. More than 95% understood that their loved one had died before they were approached for consent. Consistent with previous studies, 12% said they still had unanswered questions about aspects of donation, and 15% of respondents indicated that the discussion about organ donation added more emotional stress to their overall experience. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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