Psychosocial care of living kidney donors

A formal psychosocial assessment should be a mandatory part of the pre- transplant workup process. Semi- structured interview guides ( for preoperative and postoperative psychosocial assessments) are useful for focussing the discussion on relevant and critical issues while allowing open discussion. Education and assessment of potential donors is essential to identify ` high- risk' donors. Donors should be followed- up for psychological care post- donation. Donors with poor recipient outcomes should have extensive psychological support available. A formal multidisciplinary approach should be taken in the event of negative recipient outcome.