Abstract
to identify information that can support creating good practice assumptions to develop family interview for organ and tissue donation. this scoping study, conducted in two Brazilian hospitals in the southern, between April and December 2017, included integrative review and consultation with 15 families who experienced interview for organ donation. For data analysis, thematic content analysis was used. three categories emerged: communication of death, which shows the need to know the history of hospitalization of patients; emotional support, the team must have mastery of the stages of mourning; information about donation, professionals need to know the stages of the donation process and respect families' time. good practice assumptions point to the need for team training, respect for family time and the use of simple language.
Highlights
The family interview for organ and tissue donation is considered one of the most complex stages of the organ and tissue donation process. It is a meeting and/or reunion with family members of potential organ tissue donors after the death is found, which involves different stages related to communication of death, emotional support, and organ donation information[1,2]
Interview for organ donation is considered as a moment of extreme importance in the donation process and one of the most difficult for professionals, considering that, during the interview, family and professionals are vulnerable, shaken and emotionally weakened due to the loss of a family member and patients who were under their care[3,4,5,6,7]
During the stages of the interview, both family and team go through unique, unique moments, which involve information about the beginning of brain death (BD) diagnostic protocol, results of clinical diagnosis tests, communication of death and possibility of organ donation[7,8,9]
Summary
The family interview for organ and tissue donation is considered one of the most complex stages of the organ and tissue donation process. During the stages of the interview, both family and team go through unique, unique moments, which involve information about the beginning of brain death (BD) diagnostic protocol, results of clinical diagnosis tests, communication of death and possibility of organ donation[7,8,9]. In this painful journey, they experience the state of vulnerability inherent to the human condition, finitude. In addition to this condition, there are other elements that can accentuate patients’vulnerability of social beings: the team, for facing professional and moral responsibility in informing about organ donation, and families, for being faced with donation decision[3,4,10]
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