TY - JOUR
T1 - The transplantation of solid organs from HIV-positive donors to HIV-negative recipients
T2 - Ethical implications
AU - Wispelwey, Bram P.
AU - Zivotofsky, Ari Z.
AU - Jotkowitz, Alan B.
PY - 2015/5
Y1 - 2015/5
N2 - HIV-positive individuals have traditionally been barred from donating organs due to transmission concerns, but this barrier may soon be lifted in the USA in limited settings when recipients are also infected with HIV. Recipients of livers and kidneys with well-controlled HIV infection have been shown to have similar outcomes to those without HIV, erasing ethical concerns about poorly chosen beneficiaries of precious organs. But the question of whether HIV-negative patients should be disallowed from receiving an organ from an HIV-positive donor has not been adequately explored. In this essay, we will discuss the background to this scenario and the ethical implications of its adoption from the perspectives of autonomy, beneficence/non-maleficence and justice.
AB - HIV-positive individuals have traditionally been barred from donating organs due to transmission concerns, but this barrier may soon be lifted in the USA in limited settings when recipients are also infected with HIV. Recipients of livers and kidneys with well-controlled HIV infection have been shown to have similar outcomes to those without HIV, erasing ethical concerns about poorly chosen beneficiaries of precious organs. But the question of whether HIV-negative patients should be disallowed from receiving an organ from an HIV-positive donor has not been adequately explored. In this essay, we will discuss the background to this scenario and the ethical implications of its adoption from the perspectives of autonomy, beneficence/non-maleficence and justice.
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U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102027
DO - 10.1136/medethics-2014-102027
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C2 - 24899522
AN - SCOPUS:84929514667
SN - 0306-6800
VL - 41
SP - 367
EP - 370
JO - Journal of Medical Ethics
JF - Journal of Medical Ethics
IS - 5
ER -