뇌사자 가족의 장기기증에 대한 경험 연구 = A Study on Experiences about Orgen Donation of Brain Death donors' Families

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study was to understand of experience about organ donation of brain death donor families by the use of analytical theory of Benner's Interpretive Phenomenology.
The object was that what kind of experience did they feel during the organ donation.
This research participants were 9 brain death donors' families who had experienced that organ donation from Jan. 1999 to Jan. 2000 and hospitalized from A. hospital in seoul.
The data was collected and the contents of interview were recorded while interviewing deeply with the each participants from the January to August 2000.
It took one half hours to two hours while interviewing.
This research data was analysed in terms of Benner's Interpretive Phenomenoloic strategy tools which named paradigm case, thematic analysis, examlar.
The conclusion that gained from this study which was based on experiences about organ donation of brain death donors families. The results of the study are as follows :
At fist, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was shock as like falling down.
During this stage, donors' families felt that being at a loss, loss of spirit. and next, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was agonizing. agonizing appeared in all process that their experiences related organ donation. During this stage, they felt that as like crushing their heart, deep grief, unable to calm themselves. and next, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was the fear about uncertainty. During this stage, they felt that frightening, appealed to medical staff for saving to life and next, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was having a hope to recovery. During this stage, they felt that unbelievable, having a hope. and next, the experience about organ donation of brain death donor's familirs was anger. and next, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was the difficulty about accepting of brain death and decision of organ donation. and next, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was want to information related to brain death and donation process, being together, emotional support by hospital staffs and relatives and needing the help on the funeral process. and next, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was beravement(loss of loved one's). During this stage, donors' families felt that loneliness, withdrawal of life, missing and guilty feeling.at last, the experience about organ donation of brain death donors' families was having a positive thining about organ donation. During this stage, dnors' families felt that they feel free from the guilty feeling and organ donation means Gift of life.
This study itemize the experiences about organ donation of brian death donors' families by applying the analytical interpretive phenomenology of Benner.
Based upon this study, the theory of benner which describes the experiences about organ donation of brain death donors' family is suitable for brain death donors' family care, cadaveric organ transplantation nursing.