Ethical Considerations Regarding Disparities Pertaining to Kidney Transplant Patients

Racial and ethnic disparities exist throughout the US health‐care system, including in the field of solid‐organ transplant. There are disparities in access to health care, health outcomes, and access to transplant centers. Addressing this issue requires equity in pretransplant care, increased educat...

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Published in:Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 2011-08, Vol.90 (2), p.212-214
Main Authors: Yost, SE, Srinivas, T, Kaplan, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical Research - economics
Biomedical Research - methods
Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Health Services Accessibility - ethics
Healthcare Disparities - ethics
Healthcare Disparities - ethnology
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic - ethnology
Kidney Failure, Chronic - surgery
Kidney Transplantation - ethics
Patient Education as Topic - ethics
Referral and Consultation - ethics
United States
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Summary:Racial and ethnic disparities exist throughout the US health‐care system, including in the field of solid‐organ transplant. There are disparities in access to health care, health outcomes, and access to transplant centers. Addressing this issue requires equity in pretransplant care, increased education and referral throughout the transplant process, and research funds targeted to the study of problems pertinent to transplantation in certain patient populations. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2011) 90 2, 212–214. doi:10.1038/clpt.2011.73
ISSN:0009-9236
1532-6535
DOI:10.1038/clpt.2011.73