[Transplant coordinator: organ donation process].
BACKGROUND
Spain is a leader in organ donations although it seems that this number does not increase in the same proportion that the waiting list and it is necessary to decrease the refusal situations, which are ~16%.


METHODS
Analytic study. We review the reports prepared by the coordinators of transplants archived at the hospital La Fe during the period between May 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007, resulting in conceptualization and categorization.


RESULTS
Sixty-nine topics were obtained from the point of view of the family and 11 from the point of view of the interviewer. After its conceptualization, codification and classification, we proceeded to create an appropriate text.


CONCLUSIONS
Certain guidelines may be offered that allow us to standardize the action of transplant coordinators during the interview and to be more effective.
Coordinatión de trasplantes, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Purificación
P
Gironés-Guillem
Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. ramon.camano@uv.es.
Ramón
R
Camaño-Puig
Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
Manuel
M
Lillo-Crespo
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
Transplant; donante de órganos; organ donor; trasplantes