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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Policies and procedures exist in many jurisdictions regarding ‘anonymity’. These prohibit communication between transplant recipients and donor families. Social media may enable identification of donor families/recipients resulting in unsupervised communication and exchange of information. We have previously reported that heart transplant recipients want to connect with their donor families. The purpose of this study was to ask heart donor families what they thought about current practices around anonymity.

Donor Family and Recipient Anonymity: Time for Change