Journal of Nursing & Care

Noriko Akimoto

Publications

• Case Report
  Emotional and Psychological Support of Living Lung Donors Who Failed to Donate to their Child: A Case Report
  Author(s): Mikiko Nakamura, Chie Yokoyama, Noriko Akimoto and Takahiro OtoMikiko Nakamura, Chie Yokoyama, Noriko Akimoto and Takahiro Oto
  
  Objectives: Living-donor lung transplantation (LDLT) is a real therapeutic option for pediatric patients in Japan. However, not all families with sick children can take advantages of a LDLT because of luck of suitable donors. Mental care for such a family becomes important when the parents cannot be donor candidates due to their own illness. The aim of this report is to describe the emotional and psychological status of donor candidates who could not be a lung donor due to malignancy. Methods: A semi-structured interview was performed with a donor candidate who was unable to donate due to whose own malignancy. The recipient was a 12 year- old girl, and the donor candidates were her parents. Results were obtained by a qualitative inductive analysis. Results: Donor assessment revealed that the recipient’s mother had malignancy. She was excluded from being a donor candidate and the.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000213

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