title: A Study on the Directed Living Non-Related Donor Kidney Transplantation Submitted to the Hospital Transplant Ethics Committee at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In the latter part of 2009, the Department of Health of the Philippines prohibited kidney transplantation with non-related kidney donors. Hence, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute created a Hospital Transplant Ethics Committee. This study describes directed non-related kidney donation at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study reviewed the profiles of recipients and directed living non-related kidney transplant donors submitted to the Hospital Transplant Ethics Committee.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total 74 recipients and donors were reviewed by the Hospital Transplant Ethics Committee in 2014. Donors initiated the talks about being a donor (75%) to repay the good deeds that were done by the recipient for them or their families; examples of which are: sometime in their lives they needed financial assistance for hospitalization for their relatives and it was the patient who paid the hospital bill; or because they pitied the recipient, whom they found to be a good person, thus they would want to give one of their kidneys. Seventy-four (100%) said that they were not expecting anything in return for this act but wanted to be of help to the recipient. Of these 74 cases, 70 cases (95%) were approved and the others were disapproved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With a Hospital Transplant Ethics Committee in place, directed kidney donation is a valuable tool as an additional source of kidney donor without violating any ethical issues.
authors.affiliation: Human Organ and Preservation Effort, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Quezon City, Philippines.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Suguitan
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Nephrology, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Quezon City, Philippines. Electronic address: melhatraarakama@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M-H I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Arakama
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Nephrology, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Quezon City, Philippines. Electronic address: dr.radanguilan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Danguilan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D046148:Donor Selection / Q000941:ethics*; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010679:Philippines; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult