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Adult nursing
Quantitative study – other
In Israel, most families of cadaver organ donors and transplant recipients who had made contact wanted transplant coordinators to facilitate this contact
  1. Paul Gill
  1. Department of Health, Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, UK
  1. Correspondence to Paul Gill
    Faculty of Health, Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, CF371DL, UK; pwgill{at}glam.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2012-100773

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    Commentary on: Azuri P, Tabak N. The transplant team's role with regard to establishing contact between an organ recipient and the family of a cadaver organ donor. J Clin Nurs 2012;21:888–96.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implication for practice and research

    • Establishing contact between donor families and transplant recipients is complex and often associated with perceived benefits and problems that require careful consideration.

    • Transplant coordinators have an important role to play in mediating contact between donor families and transplant recipients and managing the needs, expectations and well-being of both parties.

    • Further research is required to establish the longer term consequences of continued contact and the implications of establishing contact post-transplant failure.

    Context

    Most transplantable organs are provided by brain-dead, multi-organ donors. The donation process is such that donor families and transplant recipients generally know little about each other. However, some form of communication between the two, often in the form of …

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