FAMILIES’ DECISION MAKING FOR ORGANS DONATION

Authors

  • Valdir Moreira Cinque
  • Estela Regina Ferraz Bianchi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v15i1.17174

Keywords:

Transplante de órgãos, Enfermagem, Família, Morte encefálica, Organ transplantation, Nursing, Family, Brain death, Trasplante de órganos, Enfermería, Familia, Muerte encefálica

Abstract

This descriptive and quail-quantitative study aims to identify the families’ facilities and difficulties for thedecision making about organs donation. The sample was constituted by 16 families that made a donation in an OrganProcurement Organization in the city of São Paulo - Brazil, in 2007. Data collection was performed through individualinterview and the information analysis, using the Content Analysis technique with a structured instrument about thedecision-making of families for organs donation. The altruism and the participation of all family members were the mainfactors that facilitated the organ donation (62,50%), while, the main difficulties were family against the donation (18,75%)and the uncertainties about the brain death (12,50%). However, most of the interviewed families would make the donationagain (87,50%). The knowledge about these situations allows to offer elements to guide the action of the nurses withfamilies in decision-making.

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Published

2010-03-30

How to Cite

Cinque, V. M., & Bianchi, E. R. F. (2010). FAMILIES’ DECISION MAKING FOR ORGANS DONATION. Cogitare Enfermagem, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v15i1.17174

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Research

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