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Family support initiative

Denise Morin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:43:03 GMT

Has anyone been involved at the grass roots level establishing a well developed family support program that focuses on physical, medical, social, behavioral, and logistical support for acutely ill transplant patients with prolonged length of stay?

Palliative Care for Transplant Pts

Katrina Bramstedt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:56:56 GMT

A rarely discussed topic is palliative care for pts listed for transplant. Also, the topic of code status is controversial. To read more about this, see my new paper:

Bramstedt KA. Hoping for a miracle: supporting patients in transplantation and cardiac assist programs. Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care 2008;2(4):252-255.

If you would like a reprint, let me know.

Katrina

txbioethics@yahoo.com

Controversies in the Determination of Death

John Belcher — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:34:36 GMT

Here is the link to the White Paper by the President's Council on Bioethics.

It's 176 pages long, but easily downloaded as a pdf

http://www.bioethics.gov/reports/death/index.html

Organ Tourism--Publishing Chinese Transplant Data

Katrina Bramstedt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:53:12 GMT

I and my co-author have just published a paper dealing with the issue of what to do with transplant data from China....

See:

Bramstedt & Xu. China: a Case Study Regarding Transplant Publishing Issues. Journal of Information Ethics 2008;17:12-22.

If you would like a pdf, let me know.

katrina

txbioethics@yahoo.com

Instructions - How to Use Instant Forum

Janene Dawson — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:54:44 GMT

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