title: Directed donation. The relevance of race.
abstract: The difficulty in finding well-matched kidneys for transplantation into black Americans is compounded by the disproportionately low rate of black donation. A program of directed donation that privileged black-to-black transplant could ease the chronic shortage of organs.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, Unitarian Universalist, Charlottesville, Va.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Arnason
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D033001:Directed Tissue Donation; D028663:Ethical Theory; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D018579:Patient Selection; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012935:Social Justice; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States