Why Do They Persist? Understanding Living Kidney Donors and Persistence.

Many participants persist through the living kidney donation process, although it is challenging, multifaceted, and burdensome, particularly during the predonation evaluation (PDE) phase. This study uses a constructivist grounded theory approach to analyze the experiences of living kidney donors (LKDs) undergoing evaluation who shared their perspectives in blog reflections. One hundred five (105) blog posts met the inclusion criteria.

Communicating Through and Around Trauma: Understanding the Limitations to Narrative and Resilience.

In this autoethnographic account of my experiences as a parent who discovers and attempts to respond to the abuse of her child, I highlight the ways trauma can remove access to storytelling as a sensemaking and healing tool in a crisis. I narrate how I experienced secondary trauma as a meaning-making black hole that blocked language's healing capacities, blinded me to important sensemaking turning points, and hampered my and my child's ability to ask for help. These experiences caused me to question many foundational assumptions I made as a health communication scholar and to see an interdisciplinary bias toward narrative resiliency.

Impact of interpersonal client-provider relationship on satisfaction with mental healthcare among the LGBTQ+ population.

Background: Gender and sexual minorities are more likely to report unfavourable experiences with primary care. Aside from being refused care, additional challenges include stigma, discrimination, social and societal rejection, and violence.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine which aspects of the client-provider relationship affected perceived satisfaction with the quality of mental healthcare received.