The Lived Experience of “Being Evaluated” for Organ Donation
Author(s) -
Camilla S. Hanson,
Angelique F. Ralph,
Karine Manera,
John S. Gill,
John Kanellis,
Germaine Wong,
Jonathan C. Craig,
Jeremy R. Chapman,
Allison Tong
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03550417
Subject(s) - medicine , harm , donation , regret , ambivalence , shame , anxiety , nursing , social psychology , psychology , psychiatry , law , political science , machine learning , computer science
Comprehensive evaluations are required to safeguard voluntarism and minimize harm to living kidney donors. This process is lengthy, invasive, and emotionally challenging, with up to one fifth of potential donors opting out. We aimed to describe donors' experiences of the evaluation process.
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