Older adults with advanced kidney disease are often motivated to receive a transplant but may face emotional and psychosocial barriers during evaluation, according to a study.
“To promote broader and more equitable access to kidney transplant, many members of the transplant community have called for more proactive and inclusive approaches to transplant referral,” Catherine R. Butler, MD, MA, assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology in the department of medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, wrote with colleagues. “While this approach may