Some ethical and psychiatric aspects of right-lobe liver transplantation in the United States and Japan.
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.
Surman
Owen S
OS
Transplant Unit and the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA 02114-3117, USA. osurman@partners.org
Cosimi
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AB
Fukunishi
Isao
I
Kawaii
Tatsuo
T
Findley
John
J
Kita
Yoshiaki
Y
Makuuchi
Masatoshi
M
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D014019:Tissue Donors