Fatores que influenciam na decisão da família na doação de órgãos de potenciais doadores

Abstract

This study aimed to identify factors that influence the family decision to donate organs from potential donors for transplant patients. We opted for the use of integrative review by allowing the inclusion of experimental and non-experimental. This type of review gathers and synthesizes results of studies on a topic or question to deepen the knowledge of the subject investigated. Factors influencing family members in the decision to donate organs negatively were: absence of clarifications and doubts about brain death, not knowing the organ recipients and / or target organ; lack of desire of the potential donor; conflicts between family members for taking decision regarding the donation; manifestation of donor life otherwise the donation; family's desire to keep the body upright, religious beliefs, family and waiting for a miracle or reversal of the situation; feel signing the death of the family; distrust of medical staff in the donation process and the bodies were actually recovered; difficulty accepting the death; early approach. Positively were: the desire to know the donor lives; altruism; sense of satisfaction and to revive the family in another person; whole family conducive donation; pressure from family and professionals OPO; proper care and trust in the medical team. We identified the most familiar with doubts about the identification of brain death, making this doubt negatively interfere in the decision by a possible donation. However, knowing the desire of the donor life considerably favors this process.