Ethical considerations for participation of nondirected living donors in kidney exchange programs

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1460-1467

  Woodle, E S ^a,b   Daller, J A ^a,c   Aeder, M ^a,d   Shapiro, R ^a,e   Sandholm, T ^f   Casingal, V ^a,g   Goldfarb, D ^a,h   Lewis, R M ^b,i   Goebel, J ^a,b   Siegler, M ^j  

^a Paired Donation Network   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Carolinas Medical Center   (United States)

^h LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ North Austin Medical Center   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

ABO incompatibility; Cross matching; Kidney exchanges; Live donor transplantation; Nondirected organ donation

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; CADAVER DONOR; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFIDENTIALITY; DONOR SELECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAVEL; DONOR; ETHICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77952946393     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03136.x     Document Type: Article

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