Self-advocacy is associated with lower likelihood of living donor kidney transplantation

The Living Donor Navigator (LDN) Program pairs kidney transplant candidates (TC) with a friend or family member for advocacy training to help identify donors and achieve living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). However, some TCs participate alone as self-advocates.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - December 23, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: A. Cozette Killian, Rhiannon D. Reed, Alexis Carter, M. Chandler McLeod, Brittany A. Shelton, Vineeta Kumar, Haiyan Qu, Paul A. MacLennan, Babak J. Orandi, Robert M. Cannon, Douglas Anderson, Michael J. Hanaway, Jayme E. Locke Source Type: research