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Caring for Donor Families
Caring for Donor Families

Caring for Donor Families

Before, During and After

MEDICAL

160 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Trade Paper, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $21.95)

Publication Date: April 2011

ISBN 9781617221361

Rights: WOR

Companion Press (Apr 2011)

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Overview

Integrating vital information on the dynamics of the donation experience and grief education, this revised second edition provides an invaluable resource for hospital and organ procurement caregivers. Going beyond helping professionals understand the challenges of obtaining consent, this guide invites them to offer compassionate care throughout the family’s experience with the death, including the months and years following. The chapters include information on understanding the family’s initial responses, helping families understand brain death, facilitating the donation discussion, assisting families with meaningful leave-taking rituals, understanding long-term grief responses, and establishing an ongoing family support program. Three easy-to-follow sections—before, during, and after the donation experience—guarantee that caregivers can easily access the section most relevant to their role with the family.

Reviews

“This book gives us great insight into the painful journeys of donor families and how to successfully companion them before, during, and after the donation experience.” —Eileen Young, R.N., Senior Transplant Coordinator, Toronto General Hospital “To consider organ donation at the time of a sudden death increases the special needs of the mourner. This book offers many wonderful ways to make the process of organ donation more enriching, meeting the spiritual, emotional, physical, and psychological needs of the family.” —Tony and Bonnie Redfern, whose 16-year-old son Scott became an organ donor in 1996

Author Biography

Raelynn Maloney, PhD, is an author, an educator, and a practicing psychologist. She provides consultation and education on various topics related to grief and caregiving to hospitals and procurement agencies throughout North America. She lives in Littleton, Colorado. Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, is the director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition. He is the author of Healing Your Grieving Heart, The Journey Through Grief, and Understanding Your Grief. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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