Kidney Transplant
Kidney Recipient
The recipient suffers from a disease that leads to kidney failure. A recipient may receive a kidney from a living donor or a deceased donor.
Living Donor
This is often a friend or a relative of the recipient. The donor has two functioning kidneys and will donate one of them.
Deceased Donor
This is a person who donates his or her organs to various recipients in the event he or she dies from an accident.