Psychologist in the positive mediation for organ donation

Abstract

Purpose: This article aim to identify in the literature the role of the psychologist in the Intra-Hospital Committees of the Organ and Tissue donation for Transplantation (CIHDOTTs), as an associated factor to the booming, peace of mind, and foster care in the organs procurement and donation process. Materials and Methods: Integrative review performed with the purpose to clarify the importance of the role of the psychologist in the interviewing process related to the organ procurement and donation for transplantation in the CIHDOTTs. The analysis of such research variable used the Oxford publishing evidence criterion, searching the describers: Organ and Tissue Donation; Psychology in Health; Psychological Resilience, and Studies in Intervention without temporal cut in the selection. Ten articles were located on the database, discussed by category of subject. Results: All the publications have a low evidence level, but they offer a major contribution to describe the working scenario of the psychologist in the CIHDOTTs. The literature was considered within the 2009 to 2015 interval. Conclusion: It was concluded that the psychologist is a facilitating agent in the dialogue between the bereaved family and the decision to donate organs and tissues between human beings, an important mediator, who can actuate in the preparation for the mourning pain, emphasizing the flourishing, peace of mind and foster care before, during and after the organ procurement and donation process for transplantation.