ISSN:
1432-2277
Keywords:
Key words Organ donation
;
EDHEP
;
Relatives
;
Training
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The European Donor Hospital Education Programme (EDHEP) is a one-day workshop, aimed at providing guidelines for breaking the news of the death of a relative and for raising the issue of organ donation with bereaved relatives. Participants' judgements of the workshop in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom were compared to determine whether EDHEP meets doctors' and nurses' training needs in breaking bad news and requesting organ donation. In both countries EDHEP appears to be greatly appreciated by intensive care medical and nursing staff; the judgements are more positive in the United Kingdom than in the Netherlands. It seems that, irrespective of their professional experience, intensive care staff consider EDHEP a valuable teaching programme that increases confidence in communicating with bereaved relatives about death and organ donation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001470050208
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