A qualitative study exploring the process of postmortem brain tissue donation after suicide.

ABSTRACT: Access to postmortem brain tissue can be valuable in refining knowledge on the pathophysiology and genetics of neuropsychiatric disorders. Obtaining postmortem consent for the donation after death by suicide can be difficult, as families may be overwhelmed by a violent and unexpected death. Examining the process of brain donation can inform on how the request can best be conducted. This is a qualitative study with in-depth interviews with forty-one people that were asked to consider brain donation-32 who had consented to donation and 9 who refused it. Data collection and analyses were carried out according to grounded theory. Five key themes emerged from data analysis: the context of the families, the invitation to talk to the research team, the experience with the request protocol, the pa

SUBMITTER: Padoan CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8933424 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature