title: Strategies to advance living kidney donation: a single center's experience.
abstract: In Europe, living kidney donation rates differ considerably from country to country. These differences are related to deceased kidney donation rates: countries with higher deceased donation rates have lower living donation rates. Despite the differences, all countries have one thing in common, namely, the shortage of kidneys for transplantation. Living kidney donation is a good option to alleviate these shortages. In our center, 60% to 70% of all kidney transplants come from living donors. This article describes various strategies that may have contributed to these high living donation rates: team attitude, educational materials and meetings, and alternative donation programs (exchange donation, domino-paired donation, Good Samaritan donation). Also described are some less conventional strategies for increasing rate of living kidney donation that are not used in the Netherlands but may offer some good perspectives (e.g., the "Norwegian approach" and home-based educational programs).
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, CF 228, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. l.kranenburg@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Leonieke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kranenburg
authors.forename: Willij
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zuidema
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weimar
authors.forename: Medard
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hilhorst
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: IJzermans
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Passchier
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Busschbach