[When and how to talk about living donation with a kidney failure patient ?]

When and how to talk about living donation with a kidney failure patient? Living donation is often an uneasy subject to which kidney failure patients are confronted: donation is frequently misrepresented and is object of a certain societal mistrust, making it difficult for the clinician to talk about it to patients. These obstacles can be overcome if living donation is brought up early on in the clinical course especially in the presence of the patient's family. A collegial and transparent information with a focus on demystifying misrepresentations and description of the benefits for the recipient and the donor will facilitate access to this life-changing treatment option.