Organ transplantation – the view of healthcare employees
Journal Title: Postępy Nauk Medycznych - Year 2015, Vol 28, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction. Transplantation medicine is still the source of many moral and ethicalissues, which also affect healthcare employees.Aim. The aim of the work was to learn the attitudes and opinions of healthcare employeesconcerning donation of organs and transplantation.Material and methods. The study involved 262 randomly selected healthcare employees(doctors, nurses, and midwives). The research tool used in the study was an originalsurvey questionnaire.Results. Organ removal from live donors was accepted by 100% of midwives andnurses, and by 99% of doctors, while from deceased donors by 96.16% of doctors andapprox. 95% of nurses and midwives. To the removal of organs after the death of a closerelative would not give their consent 6.73% of doctors and 1.86% of nurses. About 90% ofthe participants would agree to have their own organs removed for transplantation aftertheir death, regardless of the profession. Only 6.73% of doctors, 2.8% of nurses and1.96% of midwives were of the opposite opinion.Conclusions. Health care employees accept the removal and transplantation of organsfrom living and cadaveric donors, but the acceptance is lower if the situation affects themdirectly, when they face this extremely difficult decision in their own lives or in the situationof death of a close relative.
Authors and Affiliations
Grażyna Kobus, Marta Buzun-Milewska, Jacek Małyszko, Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska, Jolanta Małyszko
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