Living Donors

  If you know someone whose kidneys are failing, or have a loved one going through dialysis treatments, or simply heard something about kidney transplants on the news or a TV show, you may have a lot of questions about how kidney donation works:

• Why do people give someone a kidney?
  
• How can they donate?
  
• Is it safe?
  
• Is it better for a patient?
  
• Who pays for this?

The Explore Transplant team offers this section as a guide to answer these and other questions about living donation.