Mental health assessment of altruistic non-directed kidney donors: An EAPM consensus statement

- The practice of non-directed or altruistic kidney donation varies widely between countries.
- The need for some form of mental health assessment of potential donors is well recognised, but again practice varies widely.
- This paper reports an attempt by international authors to establish consensus about the approach to donor assessments.
- It makes recommendations about the timing, content, process and outcomes of the assessments.
- The paper also proposes a minimum data set to allow comparisons between centres and nations.