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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2002): |
Decision-making process for living kidney donors.
Full Abstract
PURPOSE:
To explore what people experienced when deciding to donate a kidney and to explore associated issues and concerns when they made their decisions.
DESIGN:
Grounded theory.
METHOD:
The data were collected in Korea through semi-structured individual interviews in 1998-1999. A purposeful sample of 14 living kidney donors participated. All interviews were audiotaped and were transcribed verbatim. Constant comparative analysis was done using the NUD*IST4.0 software program.
FINDINGS:
"Wishing to give (a kidney)" was the core category integrating the six subcategories:
motives, intervening conditions, inhibiting factors, facilitating factors, donor characteristics, and consequences. Two phases in the decision-making were the deliberation phase and the execution phase. Three decision-making types related to the intensity of "wishing to give" are:
high intensity as voluntary type, medium as compromising type, and low as passive type.
CONCLUSIONS:
The decision to donate a kidney was described as a highly complicated process involving not only the medical but also psychological, interpersonal, familial, and financial concerns.
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Author information
Author/s: Yi, Myungsun (M);
Affiliation: College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 28 Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul, 110-799, Korea. donam(-atsign-)plaza.snu.ac.kr
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (J Nurs Scholarsh), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-; vol 35 (issue 1) : pp 61-6
Dates: Created 2003/04/18; Completed 2003/05/28; Revised 2006/11/07;
PMID: 12701528, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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