ArticleTransplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation2022
"A Delicate balance"-Perceptions and Experiences of ICU Physicians and Nurses Regarding Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death. A Qualitative Study.
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- Ethical tensions and professional attitudes toward circulatory death organ donation in the ICU: a systematic review.Intensive care medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Experience of Clinicians and Relatives with Donation after Controlled Circulatory Death: A Prospective Qualitative Study.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- Relatives' experiences of end-of-life care and organ donation after controlled circulatory death: a national prospective multicenter study.Critical care (London, England) · 2025Article
- Nurse's life world in organ donation and tissue.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Mapping and Handling Conflicts of Interest in Deceased Organ Donation: How to Handle Ethical Issues and Build Trust in the Healthcare Team.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Review
- cDCDD and Heart Procurement: Challenges from a French Critical Care Perspective.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- Making organ donation after circulatory death routine: Preserving patienthood and reproducing ways of dying in the intensive care unit.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Tensions between end-of-life care and organ donation in controlled donation after circulatory death: ICU healthcare professionals experiences.BMC medical ethics · 2024Observational
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Abstract
Controlled donation after circulatory death (cDCD) is considered by many as a potential response to the scarcity of donor organs. However, healthcare professionals may feel uncomfortable as end-of-life care and organ donation overlap in cDCD, creating a potential barrier to its development. The aim of this qualitative study was to gain insight on the perceptions and experiences of intensive care units (ICU) physicians and nurses regarding cDCD. We used thematic analysis of in-depth semi-structured interviews and 6-month field observation in a large teaching hospital. 17 staff members (8 physicians and 9 nurses) participated in the study. Analysis showed a gap between ethical principles and routine clinical practice, with a delicate balance between end-of-life care and organ donation. This tension arises at three critical moments: during the decision-making process leading to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments (LST), during the period between the decision to withdraw LST and its actual implementation, and during the dying and death process. Our findings shed light on the strategies developed by healthcare professionals to solve these ethical tensions and to cope with the emotional ambiguities. cDCD implementation in routine practice requires a shared understanding of the tradeoff between end-of-life care and organ donation within ICU.
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