Transplantation oversight - Finding the right balance between the layperson, the transplant professional and the regulator

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-6

  Klintmalm, G B G ^a   Abecassis, M M I ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FOUNDATIONS; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58049206819     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02483.x     Document Type: Editorial

References (3)

1. Brown RS Jr., Higgins R, Pruett TL. The evolution and direction of OPTN oversight of live organ donation and transplantation in the US. Am J Transplant 2009 9 : 31 34.
2. Guidance for the development of program specific living kidney donor medical evaluation protocols. http://www.unos.org/living_donation.asp.
3. All comments submitted by ASTS on Living Kidney Donor Resource Document are posted at the link below. One can navigate there through, Advocacy tab, Regulatory link, OPTN/UNOS Corner. http://www.asts.org//Advocacy/Regulatory04. aspx.