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A review of the possibility of adopting financially driven live donor kidney transplantation
Yacoubian, Aline Adour; Dargham, Rana Abu; Khauli, Raja B.
  • Yacoubian, Aline Adour; American University of Beirut Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Beirut. LB
  • Dargham, Rana Abu; American University of Beirut Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Beirut. LB
  • Khauli, Raja B; American University of Beirut Medical Center. Department of Surgery. Beirut. LB
Int. braz. j. urol ; 44(6): 1071-1080, Nov.-Dec. 2018. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-975660
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ABSTRACT Kidney transplantation for end-stage renal disease remains the preferred solution due to its survival advantage, enhanced quality of life and cost-effectiveness. The main obstacle worldwide with this modality of treatment is the scarcity of organs. The demand has always exceeded the supply resulting in different types of donations. Kidney donation includes pure living related donors, deceased donors, living unrelated donors (altruistic), paired kidney donation and more recently compensated kidney donation. Ethical considerations in live donor kidney transplantation have always created a debate especially when rewarding unrelated donors. In this paper, we examine the problems of financially driven kidney transplantation, the ethical legitimacy of this practice, and propose some innovative methods and policies that could be adopted to ensure a better practice with accepted ethical guidelines.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Tissue and Organ Procurement / Kidney Transplantation / Living Donors / Gift Giving / Kidney Failure, Chronic Type of study: Practice guideline / Health economic evaluation Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int. braz. j. urol Journal subject: Urology Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Lebanon Institution/Affiliation country: American University of Beirut Medical Center/LB

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Tissue and Organ Procurement / Kidney Transplantation / Living Donors / Gift Giving / Kidney Failure, Chronic Type of study: Practice guideline / Health economic evaluation Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int. braz. j. urol Journal subject: Urology Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Lebanon Institution/Affiliation country: American University of Beirut Medical Center/LB