Family overrule of registered refusal to donate organs

Family refusal to donate organs and tissue for transplantation.

This study aimed to discover how potential eligible donor families perceive the decision-making process to refuse organ and tissue donation for transplantation. A qualitative research was performed in order to understand the families' perception, based on the situated-phenomenon structure. Eight family members were interviewed, with four themes and fourteen subthemes emerging from the analysis ...

Tacitly consenting to donate one's organs.

The common objection to opt-out systems of postmortal organ procurement is that they allow removal of a deceased person's organs without their actual consent. However, under certain conditions it is possible for 'silence'--failure to register any objection--conventionally and/or legally to count as genuine consent. Prominent conditions are that the consenter should be fully informed about the m...

Effective Factors on the Decision of Families to Donate the Organs of their Brain Dead Relatives

Background & Aims: At present due to brain dead patients’ families refuse to organ donation, the number of available organs is less than the requesting cases. The aim of this comparative descriptive study was to compare opinions of donor and nondonor families about relevant factors in their decision making. Methods: participants included 175 members of 71 families (141 members of 56 donor famil...

Reasons for Unwillingness of Libyans to Donate Organs after Death

INTRODUCTION Organ transplantation in Libya depends exclusively on donations from live relatives. This limitation increases mortality and prolongs the patients' suffering and waiting time. OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to explore willingness to donate organs after death and to identify the reasons for refusal. METHODS A population-based crosssectional study was conducted from April...

A matter of priority: transplanting organs preferentially to registered donors.