[The experience of a family when approached for organs donation in case of cerebral death of a relative].

The objective of the study was to get in contact with the experience of a family that was asked to donate organs of a relative and the reasons that led them to authorize it or not. It was an exploratory research, with qualitative approach accomplished with relatives of individuals who presented cerebral death (CD) in a University Hospital of the municipal district of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, in the period from 2006 to 2008. The study allowed the analysis of the approaching process in case of CD, identifying through the family view, the needs of improvement in the approaching system and in the entire process, to provide a more humanized and holistic assistance.