Living liver donors: a coordinator's perspective.
Living donor liver transplantation is an acceptable alternative for many patients awaiting a liver transplant. The benefits of living donor liver transplantation to the recipient are many; however, there is also an appreciable risk to the donor. Many people, including healthcare professionals, believe that living donor liver transplantation is not ethically justified because any risk to a donor outweighs the benefit to the recipient. Recent studies show adverse events in this population do not include only medical complications; any complication-medical, social, psychological, financial, or other--must be examined to analyze the true incidence of adverse outcomes in living liver donors.
O'Rourke
Marian
M
Recanati/Mlller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Arnott
Lindsay
L
Goldman
Jody Scopa
JS
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019090:Case Management; D003142:Communication; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D018579:Patient Selection; D012307:Risk Factors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement