Rev. Soc. Bras. Enferm. Ped.2004;4(1):35-7.
THE END OF LIFE IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: FAMILY’S NECESSITIES LIVING THE PROCESS OF DECIDING THE ORGAN DONATION
DOI: 10.31508/1676-3793200400005
Abstract
The purposes of this study are to: understand the family’s experience with a child admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) when must decide for an organ donation, identify the meanings that the family attribute to this experience and to construct a theoretical model about the experience of a family with a child in the PICU that must decide for an organ donation. The study used as a theoretical reference the Symbolic Interactionism, and the Grounded theory methodology. The comparative analysis of the data will permit understand the meaning of the family’s experience based on which it will be propose a theoretical model to explain the experience.
Keywords: Death; Family; Nursing; Organs transplantation