A qualitative systematic review of anonymous/unspecified living kidney and liver donors' perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives & background

Anonymous live organ donors or unspecified donors are individuals willing to be organ donors for any transplant recipient with whom they have no biological or antecedent emotional relationship. Despite excellent recipient outcomes and the potential to help address organ scarcity, controversy surrounds the unconditional act of gifting one's organs to an unrelated recipient. This qualitative systematic review provides insights into the first-hand experiences, motivations, and challenges that unspecified donors face.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted on Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Web of Science database for qualitative literature regarding unspecified living donors' motivations and experiences in liver and kidney transplantation. An i

SUBMITTER: Lim WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803135 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature