ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2022
The experiences of family members of deceased organ donors and suggestions to improve the donation process: a qualitative study.
Abstract read
In one paragraph
Article in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Education and Ethical Guidance for Organ Donation at the End-of-Life: An Ethical Guidance Statement from the Neurocritical Care Society.Neurocritical care · 2026Review
- Donation Care Work: Family Members' Contributions to Deceased Organ Donation Following Determination of Death Using Circulatory Criteria.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Organ Donation Motivators and Demotivators Among Families of Brain-Dead Patients in Southeast Iran: A Qualitative Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- The Bucharest international European Society for Organ Transplantation consensus on paediatric controlled donation after circulatory determination of death.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2026Article
- Examining the experiences of donor relatives in the organ donation decision process: a qualitative study in Türkiye.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Relatives' experiences of end-of-life care and organ donation after controlled circulatory death: a national prospective multicenter study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- The gift of life: Understanding the experiences of organ donor families.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- An Integrative Review on Exploring Organ Donation After Death by Circulatory Criteria in Canada.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2025Review
- Donation Physician Specialists and Missed Organ Donation Opportunities.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Life from death: ethical implications of uterus transplantation from deceased donors in global health.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Organ donation after death determination by circulatory criteria: family members' experiences with withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in Canadian intensive care units.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Article
- Exploring grief and acceptance: Experiences and needs of family members of deceased organ donors.SAGE open medicine · 2025Article
- Nova Scotia's Deemed Consent for Deceased Organ Donation: Family Member Perspectives and Experiences in the ICU Setting.Transplantation direct · 2024Article
- Pediatric Death and Family Organ Donation: Bereavement Support Services in One Pediatric Health System.Journal of patient experience · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
23 authors.
Aimee J SartiDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL. asarti@toh.ca.
Stephanie SutherlandDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Maureen MeadeDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Sam ShemieDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Angele LandriaultDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Brandi Vanderspank-WrightDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Sabira ValianiDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Sean KeenanDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Matthew J WeissDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Kim WerestiukDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Andreas H KramerDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Joann KawchukDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Stephen BeedDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Sonny DhananiDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Giuseppe PagliarelloDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Michaël ChasséDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Ken LotheringtonDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Mary GatienDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Kim ParsonsDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Jennifer A ChandlerDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Peter NickersonDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Pierre CardinalDepartment of Critical Care (Sarti, Pagliarello, Cardinal), Ottawa Hospital; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Sarti, Sutherland, Vanderspank-Wright); Common Law Section (Chandler), Faculty of Law, and School of Nursing (Vanderspank-Wright), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; Canadian Blood Services (Shemie); Practice, Performance and Innovation Unit (Landriault), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; Division of Critical Care (Dhanani), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Critical Care (Meade), Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Pediatrics (Shemie), McGill University; Department of Medicine (Chassé), Centre hospitalier de L'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Adult Critical Care (Valiani, Kawchuk), Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Sask.; BC Transplant (Keenan); Division of Critical Care (Keenan), Department of Medicine, Univeristy of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Research Unit (Weiss), Trauma-Emergency-Critical Care Medicine, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Quebec, Que.; Faculty of Health Sciences (Nickerson), University of Manitoba; Transplant Manitoba (Werestiuk), Winnipeg, Man.; University of Calgary (Kramer), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Critical Care (Beed), Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Canadian Blood Services (Lotherington), Halifax, NS; Horizon Health Network (Gatien), Miramichi, NB; Organ Procurement and Exchange of Newfoundland and Labrador (OPEN) (Parsons), St. John's, NL.
Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDecisions about organ donation are stressful for family members of potential organ donors. We sought to comprehensively explore the donation process from interviews conducted with family members of patients admitted to pediatric and adult intensive care units in Canada.
methodsWe conducted a qualitative study using semistructured, in-depth interviews with 271 family members asked to make an organ donation decision. We recruited participants from all provinces with an organ donation organization (
resultsWe identified 3 main themes and 9 subthemes. Families need more comprehensive support around the time of donation, including having access to someone with shared experiences, support during specific moments as needed and better support during critical transitions (e.g., when the donor body goes to the operating room). The theme of better connection to recipient(s) included receiving information about the donation surgery (e.g., which organs were recovered), establishing connection with recipients (e.g., via social networks or letters) and planned encounters. Support after donation, such as updates on organ transplantation, early mental health checks and continued connection to donor organizations, could be improved. We derived 20 suggestions for improving the organ donation process, derived from interviews with family members of pediatric and adult organ donors.
interpretationWe found gaps in family support during end-of-life and donation care. Feelings of abandonment, lack of support and poor-to-little follow-up provide the empirical findings needed for hospitals and organ donor organizations to provide better support to donor families.
Indexed as
Organ TransplantationTissue and Organ ProcurementAdultChildFamilyHumansQualitative ResearchTissue Donors
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390
Registered trials
None linked
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.