title: Some ethical and psychiatric aspects of right-lobe liver transplantation in the United States and Japan.
abstract: Cadaver sources are insufficient for the increasing demand for liver transplantation. Right-lobe liver transplantation from living donors is fully developed in Japan and has been rapidly increasing in the United States during the past 2 years, although donor risk is greater than in other types of solid organ transplantation. The authors examine the psychiatric and ethical aspects of right-lobe liver transplantation in light of cultural differences between the United States and Japan.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Unit and the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA 02114-3117, USA. osurman@partners.org
authors.forename: Owen S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Surman
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cosimi
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaii
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Findley
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D014019:Tissue Donors