Living donor transplantation between twins: guidance for Donor Advocate Teams.
Using a clinical case, this paper explores the ethical complexities of assessing potential living organ donors when the proposed donor-recipient pair consists of monozygotic (identical) or dizygotic (fraternal) twins. While all donor-recipient pairs can present various ethical and psychosocial challenges, the challenges of twin pairs are unique and especially complex. Donor Advocate Teams need to be aware of these unique issues and address them during their assessment process.
Bramstedt
Katrina A
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Department of Bioethics, Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. txbioethics@yahoo.com
D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000601:surgery*; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012449:Safety; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic