UChicago Medicine The Future of Living Donor Kidney Transplants 2022
Format: 14 videos + 1 pdf, size: 4.25 GB
Course Audience: nephrologist
Overview:
Currently it is illegal for the donor or donor’s family to receive anything of value in exchange for an organ. The one policy that has not been considered to increase the donor supply and which probably has the most potential is to offer a reward or some other compensation to the donor. The primary argument offered by those opposed to rewarding the donor is that it is medically unethical?
The primary purpose of this symposium is addressing this issue of whether rewarding the donor is medically unethical.
In addition to the medical ethics question, this symposium will have presentations by experts in the field of transplantation on related questions including:
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The cost benefit question; -
The risks and safety of donation; -
Immediate options to increase organ donation; -
The very recent development of organ sharing; -
U.S. public attitudes towards rewarding the donor; -
The experiences of a living donor; -
The limits of increasing the count of deceased donors.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals dedicated to the improvement of the kidney donation system in the United States.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
- Assess the limits of the position that rewarding donors is medically unethical;
- Evaluate the National Organ Transplant Act-induced failures of the altruistic system for organ procurement;
- Recall the impact of the shortage of kidneys for transplantation, including the preventable deaths as well as the social and economic loss;
- State immediately available actions to expand kidney donors;
- Outline the expansion limits of the deceased donor supply;
- Describe the U.S. population’s attitude towards rewarding organ donors;
- Identify the potential for government action to end the organ shortage;
- Compare the potential benefits and costs to patients, society, and caregivers of a government program designed to increase the donor supply by gifting to donors;
- Consider the beneficial impact of donor organ sharing.
Agenda (PDF Format)
Session 1- Ethics of Gifting or Compensation of Donors Ethics of Compensating (“Rewarding”) Donors (Video MP4 Format)
Session 1- Ethics of Gifting or Compensation of Donors Questions, Comments, and Recap Session 1 CON (Video MP4 Format)
Session 1- Ethics of Gifting or Compensation of Donors Questions, Comments, and Recap Session 1 PRO (Video MP4 Format)
Session 1- Ethics of Gifting or Compensation of Donors Questions, Comments, and Recap Session 1 (Video MP4 Format)
Session 2- Living Donor Transplant Issues Cont’d Decreasing Barriers and Increasing Access for Living Donation (Video MP4 Format)
Session 2- Living Donor Transplant Issues Cost-Benefit Analysis of Compensating (“Rewarding” Kidney Donors (Video MP4 Format)
Session 2- Living Donor Transplant Issues Current Status and Future Developments in Kidney Exchange Programs (Video MP4 Format)
Session 2- Living Donor Transplant Issues Discussion and Recap (Video MP4 Format)
Session 3- More Living Donor Transplant Issues Discussion and Recap (Video MP4 Format)
Session 3- More Living Donor Transplant Issues Experiences of a Living Kidney Donor (Video MP4 Format)
Session 3- More Living Donor Transplant Issues Risk and Safeguards for Living Donors (Video MP4 Format)
Session 3- More Living Donor Transplant Issues The Limits of Increased Counts of Deceased Donor Transplants (Video MP4 Format)
Session 3- More Living Donor Transplant Issues U.S. Public Attitudes Towards Compensating Donors (Video MP4 Format)
Session 3- More Living Donor Transplant Issues WaitList Zero’s role in Living Donation (Video MP4 Format)