title: Ethical considerations regarding disparities pertaining to kidney transplant patients.
abstract: Racial and ethnic disparities exist throughout the US health-care system, including in the field of solid-organ transplant. There are disparities in access to health care, health outcomes, and access to transplant centers. Addressing this issue requires equity in pretransplant care, increased education and referral throughout the transplant process, and research funds targeted to the study of problems pertinent to transplantation in certain patient populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA. syost@umcaz.edu
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Yost
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Srinivas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000941:ethics; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000941:ethics* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States