title: A few ethical criteria for evaluating the risks for "marginal" living kidney donors.
abstract: The transplant of so-called "marginal" organs carries an added risk not only for the recipient but also for the living donor. To assess the acceptability of these risks from an ethical viewpoint, the relevant scientific data and institutional documents should be consulted. The ethical evaluation is approached from three aspects: general policies to promote organ donation, the reference guidelines, and the altruistic and philanthropic motivations of the living donor.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy. carlo.petrini@iss.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petrini
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014019:Tissue Donors