Dicks, Sean GlentonRanse, KristenNortham, HollyBoer, Douglas PVan Haren, Frank2021-01-272021-01-272055-1029http://hdl.handle.net/1885/220016Families of potential post-mortem organ donors face various challenges in the unfamiliar hospital context and after returning home. This review of sources published between 1968 and 2017 seeks to understand their journey as a bereavement experience with a number of unique features. Grief theory was used to identify ways that staff can assist family members to tolerate ambiguities and vulnerabilities while contributing to an environment characterised by compassion and social inclusion. Staff can guide families and create opportunities for meaningful participation, building resilience and developing bereavement-related skills that could assist them in the months that follow.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: SGD acknowledges that as a PhD candidate, support was received through an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarshipapplication/pdfen-AU© The Author(s) 2017https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/aftercarebereavementcareconsidering organ donationdonationfamily centredfamily narrativemeaningorgan donationorgan donorsudden deathtissue201710.1177/20551029177429182020-11-02Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)