Motivos de negativa familiar para donación cadavérica con fines de trasplante en un Hospital de Alta Especialidad en Puebla

Abstract

Introduction: Organ and tissue donation for transplantation purposes consists of a voluntary, selfless and altruistic act. One of the factors influencing the large difference between supply/demand is the shortage of organs secondary to family refusal. Objective: Analyzing family refusals, establishing the reasons why family refusal is given to the donation of organs and tissues for transplant purposes, in the North Zone General Hospital «Bicentennial of Independence». Material and methods: This study is qualitative, descriptive, observational and retrospective. Carried out at the North Zone General Hospital «Bicentennial of Independence», considering the family refusal to organ donation during the period from March 2019 to March 2020. Results: The sample consisted of 54 cases of potential donors in which family negative was obtained for donation. The reasons that prevailed in family refusals to the application for organ donation were: the belief that the body should be completely buried (21.29%), the family member did not express his wish in life (17.59%), the family member informed him in life that did not want to donate (14.81%), belief that it was not the desire of the family member to donate (9.25%), the desire not to make decisions at that time (7.4%), not to reach a family agreement (5.55%). Conclusion: The results obtained show the reasons why the relatives of potential donors refuse to access the donation. Despite efforts made by the staff in charge, denial of organ donation is a current problem. The