Eye donation in hospice and hospital palliative care settings: perceptions, practice, and service development needs - findings from a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

New routes for supply of eye tissue are needed in the UK to support transplant surgery and medical research. Hospice care (HC) and Hospital-based Palliative care (HPC) services represent potential supply routes. This paper reports findings from the survey arm of the Eye Donation from Palliative and Hospice Care-Investigating potential, practice preference and perceptions study (EDiPPPP), objectives of which were to: i) Investigate existing practice in relation to eye donation across HC and HPC settings; ii) identify perceptions of HCPs toward embedding eye donation into routine end of life care planning; iii) investigate the informational, training, or support needs of clinicians regarding eye donation.

Design

Online survey of UK-based HC and HPC clinicians, distr

SUBMITTER: Long-Sutehall T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631126 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature