Relatives Who Decline Organ Donations Face Conflict And Guilt
KIDNEY WALES FOUNDATION DISCUSSES SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH WITH THE HOUSE OF LORDS COMMITTEE
Kidney Wales Foundation in evidence to the Lords EU Committee made reference to research at Southhampton University.The Committee asked for further discussion on the research.
Family members are sometimes unable to carry out their relative's wish to donate organs when they die, because of conflicting feelings between making a gift of life and protecting the body of the deceased, according to new research.
Researchers from the University of Southampton, UK, spoke to 26 people who had decided not to let their relatives' bodies be used for organ donations about their views and experiences. The 23 relatives who died ranged from a five-week old baby, who had died of a lung condition, to an 82 year-old man, who died following a stroke.
"Family members who spoke to us were recruited using advertisements in 12 local newspapers, four national newspapers and four hospital intensive care units," explains lead researcher Dr Magi Sque from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University.
