Prior family communication and consent to organ donation: using intensive care physicians’ perception to model decision processes

Prior Family Communication and Consent to Organ Donation: Using Intensive Care Physicians’ Perception to Model Decision Processes

ABSTRACT Generally, the Swiss hold favourable attitudes to organ donation, but only few carry a donor card. If no card is found on a potential donor, families have to be approached about donation. The aim of this paper is to model the role that some family communication factors play in the family decision to consent or not to organ donation by a brain dead relative. Information was gathered in ...

Role of quality of care and treatment in faciliting decision making and consent to organ donation in brain dead family: a qualitative study

Background: Caring for family is essential for organ donation request and decision making process and nurses are responsible for family caring. Aim: the present study have performed to explore the role of quality of care and treatment in facilitating decision making and consent to organ donation in family of the  brain death patient. Methods: A qualitative research approach with its focus on th...

Family informed consent to organ donation--who performs better: organ procurement organizations, in-hospital coordinators, or intensive care unit professionals?

Successful organ donation in countries adopting informed consent legislation depends on adequate interviewing of potential donors' families. As the number of both referral and effective donors in Brazil increases, health care managers argue whether educational efforts should be directed toward training in-hospital coordinators (IHC)--based on the "Spanish model"--or on the creation of extra-hos...

Presumed consent to organ donation: a reevaluation.

Bringing Value-Based Perspectives to Care: Including Patient and Family Members in Decision-Making Processes

Background Recent evidence shows that patient engagement is an important strategy in achieving a high performing healthcare system. While there is considerable evidence of implementation initiatives in direct care context, there is limited investigation of implementation initiatives in decision-making context as it relates to program planning, service delivery and developing policies. Research ...