Clinical transplantation
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Clinical transplantation · Apr 2021
African americans' discussions about living-donor kidney transplants with family or friends: who, what, and why not?
Although discussions with family or friends can improve access to living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKT), they remain an understudied step in the LDKT process. ⋯ Family functioning affected the likelihood of discussing LDKT, and family functioning, discussion occurrence, and discussion characteristics were associated with donor activation. Advancing understanding of how family functioning and LDKT discussions affect progression to LDKT may benefit interventions to increase LDKT.