title: Phases of organ integration and conflict in a transplant recipient: a longitudinal study using a diary.
abstract: In this paper the results from a research project on self-perception and psychological processing following transplantation of solid organs are presented. A diary at the individual case level was introduced to generate a longitudinal analysis. In the following paper we describe an evaluation of the entries of a single patient following a living donor kidney transplant. Conflicts in the relationship between the transplant recipient and the donor, who is also his wife, are clearly evident, and these are interpreted as incorporation conflicts in light of current psychoanalytic theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical College of Leipzig, Germany. Oliver.decker@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fangmann
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brosig
authors.forename: Merve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winter