Satisfaction With the Organ Donation Process of Brain Dead Donors' Families In Korea

Abstract

Because donors' own willingness is the most common reason that families choose donation, it is necessary to remind the public of the importance of organ donation through education and public relations using mass communication approaches. Additionally, because the families felt grief and guilt as well as missing their loved ones and pride regarding their dead loved ones after organ donation, continuous and systematic supports are needed to promote their psychological stability.

Experiencing organ donation: feelings of relatives after consent

“…The support provided by nurses is a satisfying factor referred to by relatives, in contrast to the literature describing an attitude of disinterest of procurement professionals for clarifying the relatives' doubts after the consent for organ removal ( 15 , 19 , 23 ) .…”

“…Some authors emphasized the families' experiences of driving the donation process, found that families claimed insufficient emotional support associated with lack of clear information after the brain death of their loved ones. In another outcome, the religious influence was considered as a motivation and supporting factor for families after the consent for organ donation ( 17 - 19 ) .…”

“…The very concept of brain death is complex and difficult to understand by people around the world and, consequently, the team should consider the social and cultural aspects of the relatives at the moment of news of this diagnosis. Enhancing the time spent with the family for clarification of brain death, and during communication of clinical developments, combined with the humanizing actions of the procurement team, seem to facilitate the positive decision of the family ( 15 , 19 ) .…”

Representações sociais da doação de órgãos para estudantes universitários: dimensões e tensões

“…Segundo o Ministério da Saúde [MS] (n.d.), este aumento do consentimento das famílias para a doação de órgãos se deu devido à maior conscientização da população sobre a importância da doação de órgãos para a realização de transplantes. Pressupõe-se, portanto, que a diz respeito à condução do processo de doação desprovida de suporte emocional, aliada a falta de informações objetivas sobre o que é morte encefálica e como se dá o processo após o diagnóstico (Manuel, Solberg & MacDonald, 2010;Kim, Yoo & Cho, 2014;Tawil et al, 2014). Isto sugere que a falta de conhecimento e informação anterior ao processo de doação pode ser um complicador na percepção das famílias.…”

The development of a narrative describing the bereavement of families of potential organ donors: A systematic review

“…Researchers found that most families are satisfied with their decisions ( Bartucci, 1987 ; Batten and Prottas, 1987 ; Greser et al, 2013 ; Kim et al, 2014 ; Marck et al, 2016 ; Redelmeier et al, 2014 ; Rodrigue et al, 2008a ; Tymstra et al, 1992 ; Walker and Sque, 2016 ; Walker et al, 2013 ), but have also noted that family well-being has only been superficially studied and little is known about long-term adjustment of families of potential organ donors ( Ashkenazi and Cohen, 2015 ; Bellali and Papadatou, 2006 ; Caplan, 1995 ; Riley and Coolican, 1999 ; Smudla et al, 2012 ).…”