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Donating a kidney to a stranger : a review of the benefits and controversies of unspecified kidney donation
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Maple, Hannah, Draper, Heather, Gogalniceanu, Petrut, Burnapp, Lisa, Chilcot, Joseph and Mamode, Nizam (2020) Donating a kidney to a stranger : a review of the benefits and controversies of unspecified kidney donation. Annals of Surgery, 272 (1). pp. 45-47. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003855 ISSN 0003-4932.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000003855
Abstract
Summary of Background Data:
Unspecified kidney donation (UKD) describes living donation of a kidney to a stranger. The practice is playing an increasingly important role within the transplant programme in the United Kingdom, where these donors are commonly used to trigger a chain of transplants; thereby amplifying the benefit derived from their donation. The initial reluctance to accept UKD was in part due to uncertainty about donor motivations and whether the practice was morally and ethically acceptable.
Objectives:
This article provides an overview of UKD and answers common questions regarding the ethical considerations, clinical assessment, and how UKD kidneys are used to maximize utility. Existing literature on outcomes after UKD is also discussed, along with current controversies.
Conclusions:
We believe UKD is an ethically acceptable practice which should continue to grow, despite its controversies. In our experience, these donors are primarily motivated by a desire to help others and utilization of their kidney as part of a sharing scheme means that many more people seek to benefit from their very generous donation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RD Surgery | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Social Science & Systems in Health (SSSH) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Kidneys -- Transplantation -- Great Britain, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Kidneys -- Diseases -- Patients -- Care, Organ donors, Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Psychological aspects, Living related donor transplantation -- Psychological aspects | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Annals of Surgery | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0003-4932 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | July 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 272 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 45-47 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003855 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | "This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Maple, Hannah PhD*; Draper, Heather PhD†; Gogalniceanu, Petrut FRCS‡; Burnapp, Lisa MA‡,§; Chilcot, Joseph PhD¶; Mamode, Nizam FRCS‡ Donating a Kidney to a Stranger, Annals of Surgery: March 27, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003855 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. | ||||||||
| Description: | Free access |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 February 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 March 2021 | ||||||||
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