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ArticleJournal of medical ethics and history of medicine2021

The ethical obligation to provide care to patients diagnosed with brain death until the end stages based on grounded theory.

Hamideh Yazdimoghaddam, Zahra Sadat Manzari, Abbas Heydari, Eesa Mohammadi

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Article in Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hamideh YazdimoghaddamAssistant Professor, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Operating Room Department, Faculty of Paramedics, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran.
Zahra Sadat ManzariAssociate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Abbas HeydariProfessor, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Eesa MohammadiProfessor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Tarbiat Modares University · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nurses are faced with tremendous pressure when providing brain-dead patients with care. There is limited guidance for nurses on the care of these patients. The present study aimed to report the experiences of nurses regarding the care of patients diagnosed with brain death. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 31 nurses and other stakeholders, and the observations and field notes were analyzed using continuous and comparative analysis based on grounded theory. The qualitative analysis of the data resulted in extraction of six final categories, including 'facing increased tensions and conflicts', 'organ donation: a distinct care element', 'inconsistency of care management', 'effective care requirements', 'challenges, rights and duty requirements', and 'moral obligation to provide holistic care until the last minute'. Data analysis identified 'Challenges, rights and duty requirements' as the main issue and showed that the nurses managed this issue using the strategy of 'moral obligation to provide holistic care until the last minute' as the core variable. According to the results, it is recommended that the healthcare system (especially hospital management) take supportive action for nurses in various fields of care of brain-dead patients to resolve educational, moral and legal challenges.

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Advance care planningBrain deathGrounded theory.NursesTissue donors

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