title: [Altruistic kidney donation: psychological challenges].
abstract: Altruistic kidney donation challenges ethical principles, questions the anthropological meaning of donation and is associated with important psychological aspects. Obtaining free and informed consent is essential and requires a depth evaluation by a psychologist or a psychiatrist in order to identify the motivations which stimulate the desire of donation. By means of a psychodynamic understanding of a clinical case, we illustrate the complexity of the evaluation of consent and discuss the psychological issues associated with altruistic kidney donation.
authors.affiliation: CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. myriam.luchinger@unil.ch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lüchinger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guex
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiefel
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*