Open AccessCompatible-Incompatible Live Donor Kidney Exchanges
Author(s) -
David Steinberg
Publication year - 2011
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.