Living Donor Kidney Transplant: Medicolegal and Insurance Aspects

Kidney transplantation is quite a routine complex procedure, not without risks and consequences to the donor, the recipient, and the health care professionals. Kidney-related medical malpractice suits are growing rapidly, and for clinicians and surgeons, the risk of being sued can be only reduced by...

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Published in:Transplantation proceedings 2005-07, Vol.37 (6), p.2439-2444
Main Authors: Campobasso, C.P., Quaranta, R., Dell’Erba, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Fundamental immunology
Human Rights
Humans
Insurance, Health
Italy
Kidney Transplantation - economics
Kidney Transplantation - standards
Living Donors
Malpractice
Medical sciences
Nephrectomy - economics
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Safety
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Tissue and Organ Harvesting - economics
Tissue and Organ Harvesting - standards
Tissue, organ and graft immunology
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Summary:Kidney transplantation is quite a routine complex procedure, not without risks and consequences to the donor, the recipient, and the health care professionals. Kidney-related medical malpractice suits are growing rapidly, and for clinicians and surgeons, the risk of being sued can be only reduced by practicing high-quality medicine and by appropriately communicating with donors and recipients. Actually relevant guidelines are available including safety and quality assurance standards for procurements, preservation, processing, and distribution for organs to maximize their quality and thereby the rate of success of transplants and to minimize the risk of such a procedure. We also find it essential that practice of living donor kidney transplant is in line with the general rules of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and its Additional Protocol. In this article, financial incentives and insurance aspects related with living donors kidney transplants are also illustrated.
ISSN:0041-1345
1873-2623
DOI:10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.06.083