Opting out: a single-centre pilot study assessing the reasons for and the psychosocial impact of withdrawing from living kidney donor evaluation.

Autor:	Thiessen C; Department of Surgery, Section of Organ Transplantation and Immunology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Jaji Z; Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Joyce M; Department of Surgery, Section of Organ Transplantation and Immunology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Zimbrean P; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA., Reese P; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Gordon EJ; Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Kulkarni S; Department of Surgery, Section of Organ Transplantation and Immunology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of medical ethics [J Med Ethics] 2017 Nov; Vol. 43 (11), pp. 756-761. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Mar 03.
DOI:	10.1136/medethics-2016-103512
Abstrakt:	Understanding why individuals opt out of living donation is crucial to enhancing protections for all living donors and to identify modifiable barriers to donation. We developed an ethical approach to conducting research on individuals who opted out of living kidney donation and applied it in a small-scale qualitative study at one US transplant centre. The seven study participants (64% response rate) had varied reasons for opting out, the most prominent of which was concern about the financial burden from lost wages during the postoperative period. Several reported feeling alone during their decision-making process. Although no participants used an alibi, a centre-provided statement of non-eligibility to donate, all believed that centres should offer alibis to help preserve donor autonomy. Given the complexity of participants' decisions and the emotions they experienced before and after deciding not to donate, we suggest approaches for independent living donor advocates to support this population. This study demonstrates that research on individuals who opt out of donation is feasible and yields valuable insight into methods to improve the evaluation experience for potential living donors. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.)
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