The Validity Evaluation of Organ Donation at Ajou University Hospital: The role of medical social worker.
- Author:
Heung Ku KANG
1
;
Sang Jin LEE
;
Chang Kwon OH
Author Information
1. Department of Social Service, Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Legislation ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Validity evaluation of donation;
Informed consent;
Altruistic donation
- MeSH:
Brain Death;
Cadaver;
Ethics;
Humans;
Informed Consent;
Korea;
Organ Transplantation;
Social Workers*;
Tissue and Organ Procurement*;
Tissue Donors;
Transplants
- From:The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation
1998;12(1):97-104
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The organ transplantation process requires the interdisciplinary team approach, including the transplantation-surgery doctor, the nurse, the coordinator, the medical social worker, etc. Because the legislation of the organ transplantation and "brain death" remains under consideration, we have still some arguments on legal, social, and ethical issues of organ transplantation, especially in Korea. In this study, we analyse the 29 cases of validity evaluation of donation, and 28 donors who voluntarily registered for organ donation. Also we review the role of medical social worker in the organ transplantation team and the social work process in the live organ donation and cadaveric donation. To prevent anticipating problems with social, legal and ethical issue, as a member of the organ transplantation team, the medical social worker verifies the validity of unrelated donation, gets the informed consent from the family of the brain death patient and tries to exclude the commercialism of transplantation. In addition, the medical social worker can extend the mood of altruistic donation and encourage the people to do the valid donation for the helpless chronic patients.
