Psychiatric approach to the living kidney donor
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https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.3287Keywords:
Kidney Transplantation, Living Kidney Donors, Evaluation, Quality of Life.Abstract
Kidney transplantation is considered the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease. Living donor transplantation has increased because of the shortage, the needs of cadaver donors.Based on existing literature the authors address ethical issues and major psychiatric aspects involved in the evaluation of living donor kidney transplant, and the interference of this procedure on quality of life for donors, and their contraindications. The authors further describe the evaluation procedures used in the Hospital S. João, as well as data related to the 32 patients evaluated in the Department of Psychiatry since 2004.
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