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
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 Research
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