[Kidney transplant patients without social protection in health: what do patients say about the economic hardships and impact?].

Kidney transplant is the optimal treatment for renal disease according to biomedical criteria, but the technology is highly expensive. The aim of this article was to examine the economic hardships experienced by kidney transplant patients and the impact on their lives, specifically when they lack social protection in health. The article reports on a qualitative study conducted in Mexico.

Achievements and barriers in the organ donation process: a critical analysis of donation coordinators' discourse.

Context: Donation coordinators play an important role in the success or failure of organ donation and transplant programs. Nevertheless, these professionals' perspectives and practices have hardly been explored, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Objective: To examine donation coordinators' discourse on the organ donation process and the barriers they perceive.

[Chronic illness from the perspective of patients and health professionals: a qualitative study in Mexico].

Chronic diseases are leading causes of morbidity, mortality, and increasing expenditures in numerous countries. However, little is known about how chronic diseases are perceived and managed by social actors. This article aims to compare the perspectives of health professionals and patients towards chronic diseases, besides analyzing the relationship between these two groups.