Kidney transplantation and HIV: Does recipient privacy outweigh the donor's right to information?

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 924-928

  Formica Jr , Richard N ^a   Asch, William S ^a   Wagner, Krystn R ^a   Kulkarni, Sanjay ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; RECIPIENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952313414     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.06820909     Document Type: Article

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