The organ donation process is complex and stressful for the family of the potential donor and
members of the multidisciplinary team who may experience grief, ethical dilemmas …

Background: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) plays a crucial role in liver transplant
programmes, particularly in regions with a scarcity of deceased donor organs and especially …

Introduction Kidney dysfunction and failure account for increased mortality rates across most
population groups globally. Kidney donation and transplantation is a process whereby …

This article focuses on examining the situation of organ trafficking in Africa from the aspect of
pragmatist ethics. In the mainstream thought, the broader ethical dilemma of organ trafficking …

Background: The Wits Transplant Unit performed its first paediatric liver transplant in 2005.
Initial experiences from the unit were published in 2012 and 2014. Since then, significant …

In 2016, deceased-donor organ procurement at Wits Transplant, based at Wits Donald
Gordon Medical Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa (SA), was in a state of crisis. As it is …

These guidelines, intended for transplantation healthcare practitioners in Southern Africa,
seek to sketch an evidence-based framework for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

Bioethics has expanded considerably over the last few decades in the academic enterprise
and policy arena. However, despite the progress, the history of bioethics exhibits …

Bank tkanek to wysoko wyspecjalizowane laboratorium, którego zadaniem jest
pozyskiwanie, obróbka materiału biologicznego zgodnie z przyjętymi procedurami …

Background: The mortality rates of clients on the transplant waiting list for kidney donations,
raised concerns. Members of their families could have saved their lives by donating one of …