Benefit in liver transplantation: a survey among medical staff, patients, medical students and non-medical university staff and students

Benefit in liver transplantation: a survey among medical staff, patients, medical students and non-medical university staff and students

Abstract Background The allocation of any scarce health care resource, especially a lifesaving resource, can create profound ethical and legal challenges. Liver transplant allocation currently is based upon urgency, a sickest-first approach, and does not utilize capacity to benefit. While urgency ca...

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Main Authors: Christine Englschalk, Daniela Eser, Ralf J. Jox, Alexander Gerbes, Lorenz Frey, Derek A. Dubay, Martin Angele, Manfred Stangl, Bruno Meiser, Jens Werner, Markus Guba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Subjects:
Liver transplantation
Allocation
Urgency
Utility
Willingness to donate
Legal aspects
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-018-0248-7

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