title: The consequences of chronic kidney disease mislabeling in living kidney donors.
abstract: Despite numerous studies that substantiate its long-term safety, barriers to kidney donation persist. These include issues of insurability after donation and its consequent financial and emotional burdens. We present 2 cases in which mislabeling of kidney donors as having chronic kidney disease shortly after kidney donation adversely affected their insurability. A concerted effort should be made to affect public policy such that insurability and the psychosocial well-being of living donors are protected.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA. Electronic address: clenihan@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Colin R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lenihan
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
authors.forename: Jane C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D007352:Insurance, Life / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology