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Article: Handle organ procurement delicately with families.
- Article from:
- Medical Ethics Advisor
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Handle organ procurement delicately with families
OPOs educate public, assist hospitals
One of the most difficult encounters for medical staff is simultaneously informing a family of the death of a loved one and bringing up the idea of donating organs and tissues. Staff awareness of resources to coordinate organ procurement and the staffs attitude toward organ procurement can make a big difference in an areas organ procurement rate.
An important resource at this critical time is the area Organ Procurement Organization (OPO). OPOs are nonprofit agencies overseen by the federal government, and each OPO is assigned to a specific territory. When ...