Patient Voice

Donors from Overdoses: Highlighting an Education Gap

Donors from Overdoses: Highlighting an Education Gap

Getting ‘THE CALL’ for a deceased donor organ transplant….and coming to know it is from a high risk or increased risk donor. From someone who was has died of a drug overdose. What does it mean for a patient on dialysis eager to stop dialysis - but worried about receiving a gift that lasts? Susan Kjos explores the dilemma