Compatible-incompatible live donor kidney exchanges.
The participation of an immunologically compatible donor-intended recipient pair in a kidney exchange that is unnecessary for them can significantly increase the number of kidneys available for transplantation. Despite their utilitarian value transplant ethicists have condemned this type of organ exchange as morally inappropriate. An opposing analysis concludes that these exchanges are examples of moral excellence that should be encouraged.
Section of Medical Ethics, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA 01805, USA. david.steinberg@lahey.org
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D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility / Q000276:immunology; D003068:Coercion; D006648:Histocompatibility / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000276:immunology*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics