Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3849955 | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2011 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Nephrologists expressed their primary responsibility in terms of giving their own patients access to a transplant and upholding professional integrity by maintaining transparency and avoiding value judgments and bias. However, nephrologists perceived an obligation to protect their center's reputation through the selection of “good” patients, and this caused some frustration. Despite having personal preferences for optimizing the balance between societal benefit and equity, nephrologists did not want direct responsibility for ensuring societal benefit in clinical practice. Rather, they placed the onus on policy makers and the community to reconcile such tensions and advocate for societal benefit.
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Authors
Allison PhD, Kirsten PhD, Germaine PhD, Alan PhD, Stephen PhD, Michelle PhD, Jonathan C. PhD,