ArticleAnnals of transplantation2020
Optimizing Organ Donation: Expert Opinion from Austria, Germany, Spain and the U.K.
Article in Annals of transplantation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Hospital-Related Determinants of Refusal of Organ Donation in France: A Multilevel Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Qualitative Content and Discourse Analysis Comparing the Current Consent Systems for Deceased Organ Donation in Spain and England.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024Article
- Reading the family: A constructivist grounded theory on organ donation conversations.PloS one · 2024Article
- [Educational intervention on organ and tissue donation at UMAE No. 34].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2023Article
- NHS staff awareness, attitudes and actions towards the change in organ donation law in England-results of the #options survey 2020.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- Association between organ donation awareness and willingness among Saudi university students.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- [The role of the the transplant coordinator].Der Anaesthesist · 2021Review
- Facilitators and Barriers in the Organ Donation Process: A Qualitative Study among Nurse Transplant Coordinators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND Organ donation-rates using deceased donors and organizational approaches to organ donation differ drastically between countries at a similar level of health care as measured by the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI). MATERIAL AND METHODS Expert opinions from intensive care nurses, physicians, transplant coordinators and transplant surgeons from Austria, Germany, Spain, and the U.K. were obtained in semi-structured interviews followed by qualitative content analysis. Results were reported back to all interview partners to identify potential controversies and consensus recommendations. RESULTS No controversies could be detected. On a variety of beneficial factors an interprofessional consensus between interview partners could be reached: A) The relevance of standardization of the screening for potential donors, the family approach and training; B) standards and best-practice procedures should be regulated and supervised by state authorities; C) full transparency and the prevention of scandals is essential; D) overburdened intensive care unit (ICU) doctors need to be supported by full-time in-house special nurses who organize donor evaluation, transport logistics and pastoral care, if required; E) public awareness campaigns are helpful; F) a broad public consensus on the concept of donation after brain and cardiac death is essential; G) incentives for the reporting of potential organ donors are inappropriate; H) an opt-out system alone is not sufficient. CONCLUSIONS Expert opinions from different professional backgrounds from different European health care systems reach a broad consensus on the most relevant issues for the improvement of organ donation.
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