July 2024

On the brink of death: Life stories of kidney organ transplant recipients in the Philippines

Organ donation and transplantation remain the best and most cost-effective clinical approach for people in the terminal stage of organ failure. Given the growing numbers of incidences of patients treated for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and the plummeting rate of kidney transplantation in the US and Southeast Asia, little is known about the understanding of the life stories of kidney organ transplant recipients,...

Author(s): Ulyson L. Buere, Adrian P. Burgos, Nathaniel T. Lozada, Calvin Kaizer R. Morris, Cherry Mae S. Obin, Jerv Gybriele B. Pangilinan and Lyle C. Dela Cerna