Intensive care staff, the donation request and relatives' satisfaction with the decision: a focus group study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effectiveness of the donation request is generally measured by consent rates, rather than by relatives' satisfaction with their decision. Our aim was to elicit Dutch ICU staffs' views and experiences with the donation request, to investigate their awareness of (dis)satisfaction with donation decisions by relatives, specifically in the case of refusal, and to collect advice that may leave more relatives satisfied with their decision.

Methods

Five focus groups with a total of 32 participants (IC physicians, IC nurses and transplant coordinators) from five university hospitals in the Netherlands. Transcripts were examined using standard qualitative methods.

Results

Four themes (donation request perceived by ICU staff from the perspective of relatives; donation

SUBMITTER: de Groot J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4107587 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature