Mental health assessment of altruistic non-directed kidney donors: An EAPM consensus statement

•The practice of non-directed or altruistic kidney donation varies widely between countries.•The need for some form of mental health assessment of potential donors is well recognised, but again practice varies widely.•This paper reports an attempt by international authors to establish consensus about the approach to donor assessments.•It makes recommendations about the timing, content, process and outcomes of the assessments.•The paper also proposes a minimum data set to allow comparisons between centres and nations.