TY - JOUR T1 - In Israel, most families of cadaver organ donors and transplant recipients who had made contact wanted transplant coordinators to facilitate this contact JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 110 LP - 111 DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2012-100773 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Paul Gill Y1 - 2012/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/15/4/110.abstract N2 - 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 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. 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 … ER -