TY - JOUR
T1 - Stranger donors
T2 - A key link in transplant chains
AU - Veys, Christopher G.
AU - Bramstedt, Katrina A.
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Living donation to strangers is a complex issue that has caused some transplant centers to ban the practice altogether. Most prominent of the troublesome issues is the common source of these donors; namely, the Internet. These "stranger donors," however, are critical to both paired kidney transplants and chain kidney transplants. This article presents the ethical complexities of donors in these transplant arrangements and offers 2 case examples from our facility. Rigorous donor screening and informed consent processes are crucial, and together they help make transplant pairs and chains ethically feasible.
AB - Living donation to strangers is a complex issue that has caused some transplant centers to ban the practice altogether. Most prominent of the troublesome issues is the common source of these donors; namely, the Internet. These "stranger donors," however, are critical to both paired kidney transplants and chain kidney transplants. This article presents the ethical complexities of donors in these transplant arrangements and offers 2 case examples from our facility. Rigorous donor screening and informed consent processes are crucial, and together they help make transplant pairs and chains ethically feasible.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952213098&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/152692481002000410
DO - 10.1177/152692481002000410
M3 - Article
C2 - 21265290
AN - SCOPUS:79952213098
SN - 1526-9248
VL - 20
SP - 366
EP - 371
JO - Progress in Transplantation
JF - Progress in Transplantation
IS - 4
ER -