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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 12.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Transplant Rep. 2018 Feb 5;5(1):27–44. doi: 10.1007/s40472-018-0181-1

Table 3.

Common Design Elements of Effective Living Donor Transplant Education Programs

  1. Include a patient’s family and friends. When family and friends learn with the patient, more conversations happen about the patient’s need, transplant options, and living donation.

  2. Conduct in a comfortable place. Patients may learn more readily in places other than a doctor’s office such as library, a community center or a home.

  3. Provide written materials or other media. Providing patients with simply stated factual material about the benefits and risks of living donation and living donor transplantation increases their understanding and comfort.