Economic, social, racial and age-related considerations in dialysis and transplantation

Economic, social, racial and age-related considerations in dialysis and transplantation

Economic, social, racial and age-related considerations in dialysis and transplantation beg the questionhow successful are different countries in addressing the problem of distribution of scarce resources, in making tragic choicesʼ on who gets treated when not everyone can get what they need? They b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension 1995-11, Vol.4 (6), p.498-502
1. Verfasser: Dossetor, John B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Factors
Bioethics
Developed Countries - statistics & numerical data
Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Internationality
Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy
Kidney Transplantation - economics
Kidney Transplantation - statistics & numerical data
Patient Selection
Renal Dialysis - economics
Renal Dialysis - statistics & numerical data
Resource Allocation
Socioeconomic Factors
Tissue and Organ Procurement
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Zusammenfassung:Economic, social, racial and age-related considerations in dialysis and transplantation beg the questionhow successful are different countries in addressing the problem of distribution of scarce resources, in making tragic choicesʼ on who gets treated when not everyone can get what they need? They broach the issues of distributive justice. Whereas the literature mainly addresses these questions in the developed Western world, this review also includes issues that involve the developing world.
ISSN:1062-4821
1473-6543
DOI:10.1097/00041552-199511000-00007