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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Vol 14, Issue 1 46-48, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press

DIALYSIS AND TRANSPLANTATION NEWS

The spouse as a kidney donor: ethically sound?

P Mathieson, D Jolliffe, C Dudley, K Hamilton and P Lear
Academic Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; Corresponding author

A shortage of cadaver donor organs requires transplant units to examine all possible alternatives. Transplantation from living donors accounts for only 10% of kidney transplants in the UK. Recent studies have shown that the results of kidney transplantation between spouses are at least as good as those of well-matched cadaver organs, but very few transplants of this type have been performed in this country so far. As part of the assessment process, the proposed donor and recipient are required to provide written statements about the issues. We reproduce here the personal statements made by one of our patients and his wife: we believe that the statements support our contention that spousal transplantation is ethically justifiable and should be more widely available. We report our early experience in Bristol with seven kidney transplants from spousal donors and we encourage other renal units in this country and elsewhere to consider this method of improving the prospects of kidney transplantation for their patients.
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