英文摘要 |
The main purpose of the study was to explore the subjective experiences of the organ donation families, their decision-making processes, underlying motivations and intense emotions in order to reconstruct the unique psychological worlds of these great families. A total of nine organ donation families (14 members) were interviewed in-depth. Three hospital social workers and one organ recipient were also interviewed to open up multiple perspectives on the issue of organ donation. Major results were presented pertaining to: emotional reactions to the brain death of family members, as well as coping strategies, effects of donors’ declaration on decision-making, sources of organ donation, characteristics of the main decision makers, objections of family relatives, influences of various religions, and roles of the medical professions, the meanings of organ donation, family members’ opinions of organ recipient, influences of counseling groups, grief adaptation and further psycho-social needs. Three issues were further discussed: accepting death or lingering solace, individual decision or group decision, and social support or social obstruction. |