From the Operating Room to Everyday Life: The Sustained Liminality of Kidney Transplant Recipients
Published online on February 20, 2026
Abstract
Qualitative Health Research, Ahead of Print.
Kidney transplantation offers patients the prospect of a “second life,” yet this renewed existence does not necessarily mark the end of liminality. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork in Turkey, this study examines how recipients of cadaveric (n= 22) and ...
Kidney transplantation offers patients the prospect of a “second life,” yet this renewed existence does not necessarily mark the end of liminality. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork in Turkey, this study examines how recipients of cadaveric (n= 22) and ...