Open ambivalent potential donors
| Donor number | Decision | Verbalised anxieties | Present situation | Recipient disease | Relationship with recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Doubts, “because recipient might die during the operation” | – | “Like to work”; “next year time for retirement” | Alcoholic cirrhosis | – |
| 4 | “Decision taking a long time, nerves have suffered” | “Am very afraid; I’m unsettled because I don’t know how things are going to go” | Unemployed; “all year the situation was very tense” | Gall duct atresia | “Whenever he was in pain, I always got sick”; “we have not seen each other often” |
| 15 | “Agreed right away, didn’t hesitate a minute”; “but there are also reasons not to go through with it” | Not able to lift heavy things for six months after operation; may not find a job | Trained as a mechanic, presently unemployed; “am often at my parents place” | Alcoholic cirrhosis | – |
| 17 | “My decision is open” | “Am afraid; I don’t know what may happen during the operation” | Employed with an insurance company; “living in a happy relationship” | Alcoholic cirrhosis | “Relationship not good”; “always have the feeling she has something against me” |