Potential Living Donors Health Education Use

What is it about?

Much living kidney donation research focuses on actual donors rather than all donors who are evaluated by the transplant center. The obejctive of this research was to determine (1) what concerns and benefits potential donors saw possible from donation, (2) how they educated themselves before contacting the transplant center, and (3) who were the most comfortable donors.

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Why is it important?

Before evaluation, most potential donors are willing to donate because they think that it is important to improve the health of a loved one. Their knowledge of donation varies and they need clear information about medical testing and support coping with any negative donation outcomes.