Independent donor ethical assessment: aiming to standardize donor advocacy. Prog Transplant 2014 Jun;24(2):163-8
Date
06/13/2014Pubmed ID
24919733DOI
10.7182/pit2014757Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84902505947 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 3 CitationsAbstract
Living organ donation has become more common across the world. To ensure an informed consent process, given the complex issues involved with organ donation, independent donor advocacy is required. The choice of how donor advocacy is administered is left up to each transplant center. This article presents the experience and process of donor advocacy at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center administered by a multidisciplinary team consisting of physicians, surgeons, psychologists, medical ethicists and anthropologists, lawyers, a chaplain, a living kidney donor, and a kidney transplant recipient. To ensure that advocacy remains fair and consistent for all donors being considered, the donor advocacy team at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center developed the Independent Donor Ethical Assessment, a tool that may be useful to others in rendering donor advocacy. In addition, the tool may be modified as circumstances arise to improve donor advocacy and maintain uniformity in decision making.
Author List
Choudhury D, Jotterand F, Casenave G, Smith-Morris C, University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Donor Advocacy TeamAuthor
Fabrice Jotterand PhD Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
HumansInformed Consent
Kidney Transplantation
Living Donors
Patient Advocacy
Tissue and Organ Procurement
