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Article: Guidelines issued on evaluating kidney donors.(Psychosomatic Medicine)(United Network for Organ Sharing, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Society of Transplantation)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A panel of 70 transplant professionals has published a consensus document on the psychosocial evaluation of living unrelated kidney donors, Dr. Francis L. Delmonico reported at the American Transplant Congress.
The guidelines are intended to help transplant centers exclude donors who are unsuitable for a variety of nonmedical reasons, such as coercion, unrealistic expectations, and psychological disorders. "The objective was to assess the characteristics of a prospective unrelated donor that might either increase the risk or serve as a protective factor against a poor donor psychosocial outcome," said Dr. Delmonico, professor of surgery at ...