Organ Procurement and Health Care Chaplaincy in Australia |
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Authors: | Lindsay B Carey Priscilla Robinson and Jeffrey Cohen |
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Institution: | (1) Palliative Care Unit, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia;(2) School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia;(3) School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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Abstract: | As part of an Australian national project, quantitative data via a survey were retrospectively obtained from 327 Australian
health care chaplains (staff and volunteer chaplains) to initially identify chaplaincy participation in various bioethical
issues—including organ procurement. Over a third of surveyed staff chaplains (38%) and almost a fifth of volunteer chaplains
(19.2%) indicted that they had, in some way, been involved in organ procurement issues with patients and/or their families.
Nearly one-fifth of staff chaplains (19%) and 12% of volunteer chaplains had also assisted clinical staff concerning various
organ procurement issues. One hundred of the surveyed chaplains volunteered to an interview. Qualitative data were subsequently
coded from 42 of the chaplains who had been involved in organ procurement requests. These data were thematically coded using
the World Health Organization ‘Pastoral Intervention Codings’ (WHO-PICs). The qualitative data revealed that through a variety
of pastoral interventions a number of chaplains (the majority being staff chaplains) were engaged in the critical and sensitive
issues of organ procurement. It is argued that while such involvement can help to ensure a holistic and ethically appropriate
practice, it is suggested that chaplains could be better utilized not only in the organ procurement process but also for the
training of other chaplains and clinicians. |
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