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Ethical Issues in Dialysis
Alan Spital, Series Editor: Organ Allocation: A Case for not Transplanting the Violent Criminal
Author(s) -
West John C.,
Chao Stan,
Kelley Stephen E.,
Schwartz Jan A.,
Bertsch David J.,
Marsh James F.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-139x.2003.16073.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplanting , dialysis , vigilance (psychology) , criminal justice , transplantation , intensive care medicine , organ transplantation , criminology , psychiatry , surgery , psychology , cognitive psychology , seedling , horticulture , biology
As organ transplantation outcomes become ever more successful, vigilance as to appropriate recipient selection must be ensured, for without careful monitoring the already great disparity between organ supply and demand will continue to grow. There is a public perception that justice requires equal access to treatment for all, but this is not always the case. We suggest that, while violent felons do not account for a large number of transplant recipients, transplanting even one such individual should be deemed inadvisable—and could well be fraught with irreparable public repercussions.