Request for organ donation without donor registration: a qualitative study of the perspectives of bereaved relatives

Table 2 Division of participants

Number	Preferences eligible donor (un) known	Wishes or opinion on OD of eligible donor	Decision relatives	Manner of OD	Type of decision^a
14 cases	Preferences eligible donor known for 7 families	2 contra OD	2 refusal	2 no OD	A
		5 pro OD	1 initial consent; later refusal 1 refusal OD	2 no OD	B
			3 consent OD	1 DBD	C
			3 consent OD	2 DCD	D
	Preferences eligible donor not known for 7 families	7 not known	1 consent OD	1 DBD	E
	Preferences eligible donor not known for 7 families	7 not known	6 refusal OD	6 no OD	F

OD organ donation
DCD donation after circulatory death
DBD donation after brain death
^aType of decision: see typology in Characteristics and typology of participants; interview themes section

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