title: Ethical Issues in Live-Donor Reimbursement Program.
abstract: Reimbursement of expenses and costs incurred by live organ donation is permitted in many countries to encourage donation and to protect the welfare of live donors. Potential ethical issues may arise with reimbursement programs and their implementation, which vary across countries. This paper discusses some ethical issues with live donor reimbursement to stimulate discussion on how to ethically enhance its implementation to improve outcomes for both donors and recipients. In addition, we will consider whether reimbursement should be supplemented with compensation for nonfinancial losses, such as pain and suffering, to encourage live donation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: teck_chuan_voo@nuhs.edu.sg.
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Voo
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000941:ethics; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D019520:Living Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics*