Open AccessAn Empirical Investigation of Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Intrasibling Kidney Donation by Minor Twins
Author(s) -
Josh W. Joseph,
J. Richard Thistlethwaite,
Michelle A. Josephson,
Lainie Friedman Ross
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000312675.51853.52
Subject(s) - minor (academic) , medicine , donation , family medicine , organ donation , transplantation , kidney transplantation , bioethics , pediatrics , surgery , law , political science
A United States consensus group on the live donor concluded that minors (<18 years) can ethically serve as live solid organ donors in exceptional circumstances. More recent international guidelines reject this position. Recent United Network of Organ Sharing data show that minors serve as living donors, albeit infrequently. We examined the attitudes of US physicians toward minors as living donors.