TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
"Your voice of the transplant community"

Pgm #58: Donor Family Communications

October 01, 2013
Lara Moretti
LSW, CT breavement counselor, Gift of Life Donor Progarm

Lara S. Moretti reviews the process of correspondence between recipients and donor families and discuss common questions and concerns often expressed by recipients. She shares why some recipients and donor families may write once or multiple times or never at all. She also discusses the experiences of recipients who have met their donor families. A panel discussion including the perspective of both transplant recipients and a donor family follows Lara’s presentation.