2014
Opting out: confidentiality and availability of an ‘alibi’ for potential living kidney donors in the USA
Thiessen C, Kim YA, Formica R, Bia M, Kulkarni S. Opting out: confidentiality and availability of an ‘alibi’ for potential living kidney donors in the USA. Journal Of Medical Ethics 2014, 41: 506. PMID: 25368413, DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWritten 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
2013
Written Informed Consent for Living Kidney Donors: Practices and Compliance With CMS and OPTN Requirements
Thiessen C, Kim YA, Formica R, Bia M, Kulkarni S. Written Informed Consent for Living Kidney Donors: Practices and Compliance With CMS and OPTN Requirements. American Journal Of Transplantation 2013, 13: 2713-2721. PMID: 24020884, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConsent formKidney donorsKidney donor evaluationLiving Kidney DonorsKidney transplantRoutine followTransplant centersDonor evaluationUS CentersOPTN policyOrgan procurementHealth problemsInformed consentInformed consent practicesPrior yearSurgeryDonor consentConsentConsent practicesDonorsComplicationsTransplantComplianceFollowYears
2008
Living kidney donor informed consent practices vary between US and non-US centers
Parekh AM, Gordon EJ, Garg AX, Waterman AD, Kulkarni S, Parikh CR. Living kidney donor informed consent practices vary between US and non-US centers. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2008, 23: 3316-3324. PMID: 18599559, PMCID: PMC2720811, DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant centersDonor riskInformed consentKidney donorsPsychosocial evaluationNon-US respondentsWorld Transplant CongressChronic kidney diseaseUS transplant centersPotential donorsKidney donation ratesMedical complicationsDonor evaluationInformed consent processKidney diseaseConsensus statementUS CentersMedical riskTransplant professionalsDonation ratesOrgan donationConsent formPsychosocial risksSupport groupsConsent process