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Role of the independent donor advocacy team in ethical decision making.
- Source :
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Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) [Prog Transplant] 2005 Sep; Vol. 15 (3), pp. 298-302. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Adult living donor liver transplantation has developed as a direct result of the critical shortage of deceased donors. Recent regulations passed by New York State require transplant programs to appoint an Independent Donor Advocacy Team to evaluate, educate, and consent to all potential living liver donors. Ethical issues surround the composition of the team, who appoints them, and the role the team plays in the process. Critics of living liver donation have questioned issues surrounding motivation and the ability of donors to provide true informed consent during a time of family crisis. This article will address issues surrounding the controversies and discuss how using the team can effectively evaluate and educate potential living liver donors and improve practice to ensure safety of living donors.
- Subjects :
- Communication
Continuity of Patient Care ethics
Continuity of Patient Care organization & administration
Forecasting
Humans
Informed Consent ethics
Informed Consent legislation & jurisprudence
Liver Transplantation education
Liver Transplantation legislation & jurisprudence
Living Donors education
Living Donors legislation & jurisprudence
New York
Organizational Objectives
Patient Care Team organization & administration
Patient Education as Topic ethics
Patient Education as Topic legislation & jurisprudence
Patient Rights legislation & jurisprudence
Patient Selection
Professional Role
Tissue and Organ Procurement organization & administration
Decision Making ethics
Liver Transplantation ethics
Living Donors ethics
Patient Care Team ethics
Patient Rights ethics
Tissue and Organ Procurement ethics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1526-9248
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16252640
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/152692480501500317