Organ transplant and Covid-19 vaccination: Considering the ethics of denying transplant to unvaccinated patients.
Clin Transplant
; 36(5): e14589, 2022 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1626800
ABSTRACT
Recently, a number of organ transplant centers in the United States have proposed to only allow patients who have received the Covid-19 vaccination to be active on their transplant waiting list. This raises numerous ethical issues. This analysis utilizes current empirical data and the guidelines on the ethics of organ allocation published by the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network to guide our ethical reasoning. We conclude that it would be permissible to mandate Covid-19 vaccination as a condition of being listed for an organ transplant at a transplant center and offer recommendations for how to do so.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tissue and Organ Procurement
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Organ Transplantation
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Transplant
Journal subject:
Transplantation
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ctr.14589
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