title: Ethical Considerations of Transplantation and Living Donation for Patients with Alcoholic Liver Diseases.
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singhvi
authors.forename: Alexandra N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.affiliation: Associate professor of medicine and surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, where he is also the program director for the gastroenterology and hepatology fellowships, and a transplant hepatologist, serves as a board member of the International Liver Transplantation Society and the American Society of Transplantation.
authors.forename: Josh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levitsky
authors.affiliation: Member of the Academy for Quality and Safety Improvement and a participant in the Women's Health program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Singhvi
authors.affiliation: Associate professor in the Division of Organ Transplantation and in the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She also serves as the vice chair of the UNOS Ethics Committee and on the editorial board of the American Journal of Transplantation.
authors.forename: Elisa J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003068:Coercion; D033001:Directed Tissue Donation / Q000941:ethics / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000601:surgery; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D019520:Living Donors; D011379:Prognosis; D011639:Public Opinion; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000941:ethics*; D012935:Social Justice; D012941:Social Responsibility; D057545:Social Stigma; D016896:Treatment Outcome