Why nondocumented residents should have access to kidney transplantation: Arguments for lifting the federal ban on reimbursement

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Goldberg, Aviva M ^a,c   Simmerling, Mary ^b   Frader, Joel E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Federal funding; Kidney transplantation; Nondocumented immigrants; Organ allocation; Transplant ethics

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING DONOR; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33846242914     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000247795.41898.55     Document Type: Review

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