Davies Matthew, Corney Alison, Conlon Susan, Freeman Richard, Claridge Stephan, Crawford Rebecca, Mohiddin Abdu
Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School, King's College London.
Nurs Times. 2002;98(45):36-9.
The mismatch between supply and demand in organ donation is well documented. Although there are many reasons for this mismatch, failure of health professionals to identify potential donors or to gain consent from bereaved relatives is considered to be significant. Such failures may be due to the attitudes of health professionals themselves towards becoming organ donors. This study focuses on the level of commitment shown by health care professionals and their student equivalents to organ donation, and assesses the ways in which they identify themselves as potential organ donors. These findings are evaluated and suggestions for future practice are offered.
器官捐赠中供需不匹配的情况有充分记录。尽管造成这种不匹配的原因有很多，但医护人员未能识别潜在捐赠者或未能获得逝者亲属的同意被认为是一个重要因素。此类失误可能归因于医护人员自身对成为器官捐赠者的态度。本研究聚焦于医护人员及其学生群体对器官捐赠所表现出的投入程度，并评估他们将自己视为潜在器官捐赠者的方式。对这些研究结果进行了评估，并为未来实践提供了建议。
