Working with Family on Organ Donation: The Experience of Medical Social Workers

• Main Authors: Lin, Fang-I, 林芳怡
• Other Authors: 沈慶盈
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bxz3st

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 社會工作學研究所 === 106 === The purpose of this study is to understand the course of medical social workers in working with family members in the process of organ donation to construct the medical social workers’ subjective experience in organ donation and analyze the struggles faced by the medical social workers in the process of organ donation and solutions in order to accumulate practical work methods. In addition, through integration and analysis of practical work methods of organ donation, this study provides reference for future organ donation work, hoping to enhance care and service quality. This study, adopting a qualitative method, invited 12 medical social workers who had been engaged in or are engaged in organ donation to discuss their working experience with family members during the process of organ donation. The results showed that medical social workers tend to carry out organ donation with family members by willingness consultation instead of organ procurement. The main work target is grief counseling supplemented by organ procurement. Family members need continuous company and care, clear medical explanation and information related to organ donation, and follow-up care is essential. The dilemmas and challenges faced by medical social workers came from hospitals or medical treatment process, social workers themselves and family members of donors. Solutions were proposed in this study. Finally, the author identified limitations to the study and made some suggestions on institutional level, social work practices and future research.