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
2014
Written informed consent for living liver donor evaluation: Compliance with centers for medicare and medicaid services and organ procurement and transplantation network guidelines and alibi offers
Thiessen C, Kim YA, Yoo PS, Rodriguez‐Davalos M, Mulligan D, Kulkarni S. Written informed consent for living liver donor evaluation: Compliance with centers for medicare and medicaid services and organ procurement and transplantation network guidelines and alibi offers. Liver Transplantation 2014, 20: 416-424. PMID: 24415564, DOI: 10.1002/lt.23822.Peer-Reviewed Original Research