Study on the Role of Medical Social Work in Organ Donation after Citizen’s Death
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2023.08.09
- VernacularTitle:医务社会工作介入公民逝世后器官捐献的作用研究
- Author:
Wenshuo LIU
1
;
Xiaonan HU
1
;
Lijuan ZHAO
1
;
Jing LI
2
;
Juan YAN
1
Author Information
1. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
2. School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Organ Donation after Citizen’s Death;
Medical Social Work;
Medical Social Worker;
Donor’s
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2023;36(8):880-883
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The development of human organ transplantation technology has brought the hope of rebirth to countless patients with organ failure. Human organ donation and transplantation need the joint efforts of various levels of Red Cross societies, human organ procurement organizations, medical institutions, etc. Medical social workers, as new forces, are gradually playing their own role. By summarizing the professional advantages of medical social work in organ donation after citizen’s death, this paper proposed that medical social workers can provide professional services for donors and their families through practical work, such as clarifying their willingness to donate and providing crisis intervention services to their families, assisting them in completing donation matters and holding farewell ceremonies, and following up and carrying out grief counseling activities. Regarding the problems encountered in practice process, suggestions were proposed to expand the scale of medical social workers and improve their management, increase social awareness of medical social work, and provide all-round support for the implementation of later service.
