Gift exchange and organ donation: donor and recipient experiences of live related kidney transplantation

Paul Gill, Lesley Lowes

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Abstract

Background - Live transplantation presents many stressors for donors and recipients, yet a holistic understanding of the process, from both perspectives, is limited. Gift exchange is a theory governed by the principles of giving, receiving and reciprocating and has many similarities with the process of organ transplantation. It may therefore provide a framework for understanding donor and recipient experiences of live kidney transplantation. However, the relevance of this theory to live kidney transplantation has not previously been properly explored.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1607 - 1617
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume45
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2008

Keywords

  • donors
  • gift exchange
  • live kidney transplantation
  • organ donation
  • recipients
  • transplants

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