Expanding the live kidney donor pool: Ethical considerations regarding altruistic donors, paired and pooled programs

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Patel, Shaneel Rajendra ^a   Chadha, Priyanka ^a   Papalois, Vassilios ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Exchange; Recipient; Renal; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BENEFICENCE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN DONOR;

ALTRUISM; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DONOR SELECTION; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 79958697726     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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