Open AccessHow to increase living donation
Author(s) -
Davis Connie L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01212.x
Subject(s) - kidney donation , medicine , donation , transplantation , organ donation , ethical issues , kidney transplantation , payment , scale (ratio) , living donor liver transplantation , engineering ethics , intensive care medicine , economic growth , surgery , liver transplantation , business , economics , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , engineering
Summary Living donation is the key to increasing access to successful solid organ transplantation worldwide. However, the means to expanding the number of living donors on a global scale are not known. Although there have been many suggestions for the best approach, cultural issues may limit the effectiveness of some strategies. Only a few ideas have been studied, and one in particular– outright payment to donors – may raise ethical issues that are difficult to surmount and might negatively alter altruistic behavior. With respect to the present environment, this article will describe some of the approaches that are being discussed to increase the number of living donors, with a particular focus on kidney transplantation.