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Realizing HOPE: The ethics of organ transplantation from HIV-positive donors

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Durand, Christine M., Segev, Dorry, Sugarman, Jeremy·2016·Annals of Internal Medicine

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The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act now allows transplantation of organs from HIV-positive living and deceased donors to HIV-positive individuals with end-stage organ disease in the United States. Although clinical experience with such transplants is limited to a small number of deceased-donor kidney transplants from HIV-positive to HIV-positive persons in South Africa, unprecedented HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive liver transplantations and living-donor kidney transplantations are also now on the horizon. Initially, all HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive transplantations will occur under research protocols with safeguards and criteria mandated by the National Institutes of Health. Nevertheless, this historic change brings ethical opportunities and challenges. For HIV-positive individuals needing an organ transplant, issues of access, risk, and consent must be considered. For potential HIV-positive donors, there are additional ethical challenges of privacy, fairness, and the right to donate. Careful consideration of the ethical issues involved is critical to the safe and appropriate evaluation of this novel approach to transplantation.

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Authors
Durand, C. M., Segev, D., & Sugarman, J.
Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Venue
Annals of Internal Medicine
Published
2016-07-19
Volume
165
Issue
2
Pages
138-142
ISSN
  • 0003-4819 (ISSN-L)
  • 1539-3704
OpenAlex
W2409761520
Cited by
63
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 1
FWCI
9.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annals of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (K24DK101828-01)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K23CA177321-01A1, P30AI094189)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
Keywords
HIV-positive donors, organ transplantation ethics, living donor kidney transplantation, deceased donor kidney transplantation, liver transplantation, informed consent, access to transplantation, donor privacy, end-stage organ disease
MeSH terms
Health Services Accessibility, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Informed Consent, Tissue and Organ Procurement, Risk Factors, Tissue Donors, United States

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