Abstract:
:The aim was to explore how relatives and physicians understood cases where organ donation had been requested and what factors were salient for the decision on donation. Physicians of 25 deceased patients and 20 relatives were interviewed. The material was analyzed using qualitative methods. Eleven patients had declared their wishes on donation before death; in 14 cases the relatives had to decide. Half of these relatives accepted donation and half refused. The donation request was of secondary importance to the families; they were totally occupied by the death and initially tried to avoid the request by regarding "no" as a nonresponse. They needed support to relieve their immediate reactions of uneasiness, start rational thought processes, and reach well-grounded answers. The basis for requesting donation was good; relatives, with regard to circumstances, had been well prepared for the death by continuous information from the physicians and had confidence in staff, accepted that the question was raised, and understood the death criteria. However, about half the physicians experienced conflicts regarding prerequisites of procuring organs and dealing with relatives. Three different approaches were displayed: prodonation, neutral, and ambivalent. Only physicians with a prodonation approach received acceptance for donation.
journal_name
J Crit Carejournal_title
Journal of critical careauthors
Sanner MAdoi
10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.03.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-12-01 00:00:00pages
296-304issue
4eissn
0883-9441issn
1557-8615pii
S0883-9441(07)00044-5journal_volume
22pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1053/jcrc.2002.36760
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.10.013
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.11.005
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.08.012
更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.09.024
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.01.004
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.09.002
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.07.001
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1053/jcrc.2001.25470
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.07.030
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.09.011
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.08.008
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2006.12.008
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of critical care
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.01.019
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00