2024
Financial toxicity in living donor liver transplantation: A call to action for financial neutrality
Kaplan A, Aby E, Scott S, Sonnenday C, Fox A, Mathur A, Olthoff K, Heimbach J, Ladin K, Emamaullee J, Consortium T, Testa G, Gupta A, Lee S, Fricker Z, Hashimoto K, Kwon D, Emond J, Fox A, Samstein B, Brown R, Rosenblatt R, Kubal A, Gilroy R, King E, Heimbach J, Taner T, Watt K, Chacko K, von Ahrens D, Fortune B, Florman S, Schiano T, Liapakis A, Griesemer A, Orandi B, Caicedo J, Dietch Z, Ganger D, Duarte A, Ravindra K, Kappus M, Melcher M, Bhan I, Tholey D, Kaplan A, Anderson B, Selzner N, Roberts J, Pillai A, DiSabato D, Pomfret E, Jackson W, Maluf D, Sonnenday C, Bloom P, Haakinson D, Chinnakotla S, Aby E, Olthoff K, Abu-Gazala S, Bittermann T, Abt P, Humar A, Ganesh S, Bambha K, Biggins S, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Tomiyama K, Emamaullee J, Kaur N, Han H, Klair T, Yamaguchi S, Cullen J, Baker T, Kim R, Goldaracena N, Sturdevant M, Kwon Y, Garonzik-Wang J, Al-Adra D, Shingina A, Rizzari M, Mulligan D, Rubman S, Batra R, Batisti J. Financial toxicity in living donor liver transplantation: A call to action for financial neutrality. American Journal Of Transplantation 2024, 24: 1742-1754. PMID: 38763318, PMCID: PMC11439575, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2024.05.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeave policiesFinancial neutralityIndependent living donor advocateLiving donor advocateFinancial toxicityLiving donor liver transplantationRelief programsCenter useFinancial toolkitDonor liver transplantationDonor advocatePotential living liver donorsImprove equityRate of rejectionLiving liver donorsPatient survivalLiver transplantationFinancial challengesPolicy
2018
Opting Out and Offers of ‘Alibis’ for Potential Living Kidney Donors in US Transplant Centers
Iskander R, Kulkarni S, Thiessen C. Opting Out and Offers of ‘Alibis’ for Potential Living Kidney Donors in US Transplant Centers. Transplantation 2018, 102: s243. DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000542922.79287.57.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUS transplant centersTransplant centersKidney donationOPTN policyMost centersPotential Living Kidney DonorsLiving Kidney DonorsPotential donorsKidney donor programsNon-medical reasonsRate of withdrawalSurgical riskMajority of participantsKidney donorsHigh riskDonor ProgramDonor advocateQualitative coding techniquesEmotional distressRange of practicesSemi-structured interviewsFurther studiesTwo-thirdsFear of impactLKD
2017
Opting out: a single-centre pilot study assessing the reasons for and the psychosocial impact of withdrawing from living kidney donor evaluation
Thiessen C, Jaji Z, Joyce M, Zimbrean P, Reese P, Gordon EJ, Kulkarni S. Opting out: a single-centre pilot study assessing the reasons for and the psychosocial impact of withdrawing from living kidney donor evaluation. Journal Of Medical Ethics 2017, 43: 756. PMID: 28258071, DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2016-103512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-center pilot studyKidney donor evaluationUS transplant centersPotential living donorsPostoperative periodTransplant centersDonor evaluationLiving donorsKidney donationModifiable barriersPsychosocial impactStudy participantsPilot studyDonor advocateFinancial burdenDonor autonomyQualitative studyDonationIndividualsParticipantsVaried reasons
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