How Important Is the Concept of ‘Self-Esteem’ in the Context of Living Kidney Donation?
In this issue of AJKD, Neumann et al1 published an international, prospective study on self-esteem after living kidney donation (LKD). Neumann et al measured self-esteem among 17 transplant centers across 2 countries before and up to 5 years after LKD. The study demonstrated consistently high and stable levels of self-esteem among carefully selected living donors. Few donors reported suboptimal self-esteem (
