Identifying Outcomes that Are Important to Living Kidney Donors: A Nominal Group Technique Study

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Living kidney donor candidates accept a range of risks and benefits when they decide to proceed with nephrectomy. Informed consent around this decision assumes they receive reliable data about outcomes they regard as critical to their decision making. We identified the outcomes most important to living kidney donors and described the reasons for their choices. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: Previous …

Authors

Hanson CS; Chapman JR; Gill JS; Kanellis J; Wong G; Craig JC; Teixeira-Pinto A; Chadban SJ; Garg AX; Ralph AF

Journal

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 916–926

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

6 2018

DOI

10.2215/cjn.13441217

ISSN

1555-9041

Associated Experts

Amit Garg

Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Faculty of Health Sciences

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