Open AccessMedical ethical management: support for Living related‐donor kidney transplantation
Author(s) -
Sun Fangfang,
Wang Yan,
Xu Wanzhen,
Tian Ye,
Zhang Lei,
Tang Yawang,
Yang Huijing,
Su Jingping,
Zhang Zhongmin,
Zhang Shutian,
Yin Chenghong
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
dialysis & transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1932-6920
pISSN - 0090-2934
DOI - 10.1002/dat.20595
Subject(s) - medicine , beijing , transplantation , ethical issues , medical ethics , friendship , bioethics , ethics committee , informed consent , united network for organ sharing , china , kidney transplantation , family medicine , intensive care medicine , engineering ethics , alternative medicine , surgery , pathology , law , public administration , psychiatry , psychology , social psychology , political science , engineering , liver transplantation
During the past few years, an increasing amount of attention has been paid to living related‐donor kidney transplantation (LRDKT) in China. We established a Medical Ethics Committee at Beijing Friendship Hospital to address the ethical concerns of LRDKT, thereby improving the process. The committee is devoted to conducting ethical medical reviews on donor information such as age, health condition, and the donor‐recipient relationship. We have achieved satisfactory results in the 243 cases of LRDKT addressed between May 2007, and December 2009, under the supervision of the Medical Ethics Committee. Dial. Transplant. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.