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Setting organ allocation priorities: should we care what the public cares about?

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Johri, M; Ubel, PA
Published in: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
August 2003

To investigate the nature of public preferences in the allocation of donor liver grafts for transplantation.A qualitative study based upon the transcripts of four focus groups.Derby, Derbyshire, UK.Twenty-two members of the public in the Derby locality, recruited to one of four focus groups through local community groups.The views of focus group members as to the importance (or otherwise) of several potential discriminating factors which could be used in the prioritization of patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation were ascertained. The factors included were expected posttransplantation prognosis, the age of the patient, whether the patient was personally responsible for their illness, the time spent on the waiting list, re-transplantation or primary transplant and the social background of the patient.Group members explored the criteria from a number of perspectives, and made some unexpected linkages between the criteria and wider moral principles. They did not come to firm conclusions about the relative desirability of the criteria, but their approach was notably flexible and thoughtful, with the exception of a few instances where they appeared to resort to arguments based on what is 'obvious' and 'natural'. The results of these discussions suggest that members of the public would be able and willing to respond positively to a more open and consultative system of donor liver prioritization than exists presently within the UK.

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Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society

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1527-6473

ISSN

1527-6465

Publication Date

August 2003

Volume

9

Issue

8

Start / End Page

878 / 880

Related Subject Headings

  • United Kingdom
  • Surgery
  • Patient Selection
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Focus Groups
  • Adult
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Johri, M., & Ubel, P. A. (2003). Setting organ allocation priorities: should we care what the public cares about? Liver Transplantation : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, 9(8), 878–880. https://doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2003.50154
Johri, Mira, and Peter A. Ubel. “Setting organ allocation priorities: should we care what the public cares about?Liver Transplantation : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 9, no. 8 (August 2003): 878–80. https://doi.org/10.1053/jlts.2003.50154.
Johri M, Ubel PA. Setting organ allocation priorities: should we care what the public cares about? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2003 Aug;9(8):878–80.
Johri, Mira, and Peter A. Ubel. “Setting organ allocation priorities: should we care what the public cares about?Liver Transplantation : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, vol. 9, no. 8, Aug. 2003, pp. 878–80. Epmc, doi:10.1053/jlts.2003.50154.
Johri M, Ubel PA. Setting organ allocation priorities: should we care what the public cares about? Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2003 Aug;9(8):878–880.
Journal cover image

Published In

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society

DOI

EISSN

1527-6473

ISSN

1527-6465

Publication Date

August 2003

Volume

9

Issue

8

Start / End Page

878 / 880

Related Subject Headings

  • United Kingdom
  • Surgery
  • Patient Selection
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Focus Groups
  • Adult
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences