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Compatible-Incompatible Live Donor Kidney Exchanges

Author(s) -

David Steinberg

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

transplantation

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45

H-Index - 204

eISSN - 1534-6080

pISSN - 0041-1337

DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3182047554

Subject(s) - excellence , value (mathematics) , kidney transplantation , kidney , transplantation , medicine , law , political science , computer science , machine learning

The participation of an immunologically compatible donor-intended recipient pair in a kidney exchange that is unnecessary for them can significantly increase the number of kidneys available for transplantation. Despite their utilitarian value transplant ethicists have condemned this type of organ exchange as morally inappropriate. An opposing analysis concludes that these exchanges are examples of moral excellence that should be encouraged.

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