“They Know You Better Than the Transplant Team”: An Interpretive Description Study Exploring the Perspectives of Living Kidney Donors About Care Received From Family Physicians
Our work suggests that improving LKD care requires developing care pathways that facilitate donor transition and care coordination between donor teams and primary care practitioners. Given the challenges being faced by primary care in Canada, we believe that pragmatic strategies to better support primary care practitioners and a stronger integration of primary care with the living kidney donation process are essential. In addition, strategies to better support the mental health of LKDs are also needed. The LKDs provide a valuable gift to our health systems and to patients with kidney failure. It is our responsibility to optimize their experiences and improve their care.
Authors
- Shaifali Sandal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1941-0598)
- Scott McKay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0490-0220)
- Justin Gill
- Ann Bugeja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4106-0451)
- Peter Nugus
- Marie‐Chantal Fortin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8437-0556)
- Charo Rodríguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3799-8399)
- Elie Fadel
- Emilie Trinh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8479-6656)
- Katya Loban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3691-1319)
- Antoine Przybylak‐Brouillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5600-0603)
- Heather Badenoch
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Translational Research in Oncology (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20543581251324548
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76