Journal article
Living kidney donor informed consent practices vary between US and non-US centers
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Living kidney donation rates are increasing in the United States and internationally. Major consensus statements on the care of living kidney donors recommend communicating all potential health and psychosocial risks to donors. We evaluated the degree of international variation in the process of informed consent of potential donors during their evaluation.
METHODS: Transplant professionals attending the 2006 World Transplant …
Authors
Parekh AM; Gordon EJ; Garg AX; Waterman AD; Kulkarni S; Parikh CR
Journal
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Vol. 23, No. 10, pp. 3316–3324
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
10 2008
DOI
10.1093/ndt/gfn295
ISSN
0931-0509