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The decision for living organ donation is, apart from medical questions, mainly influenced by family conditions such as the reciprocity relation. Additionally, two-thirds of all donated living kidney transplantations come from women. Thus, living organ donation takes place according to the action theory based on the Maussian theory of giving. This paper deals with living donation as a family decision process with particular relevance to gender roles and the action of giving.
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