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Organ Donation: at What Cost?. Mr. Vassilios Papalois KGSJ, MD, PhD, FICS, FRCS, FEBS Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Hammersmith Hospital Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee ICH NHS Trust. Survey of patients and healthcare professionals 1. 464 questionnaires - 64% patients
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Organ Donation: at What Cost? Mr. Vassilios Papalois KGSJ, MD, PhD, FICS, FRCS, FEBS Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Hammersmith Hospital Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee ICH NHS Trust
Survey of patients and healthcare professionals 1 • 464 questionnaires - 64% patients - 36% healthcare professionals
Survey of patients and healthcare professionals 2 Financial rewards between blood-related relatives or non blood-related relatives and friends: • Compensation expenses only (60.6%) • None (29.1%) • Direct financial rewards (10.1%) • Don’t know (0.2%)
Survey of patients and healthcare professionals 3 Financial rewards between strangers: • Compensation expenses only (55.6%) • None (23.5%) • Direct financial rewards (20.7%) • Don’t know (0.2%)
Survey of patients and healthcare professionals 4 Price of a kidney: 97 participants suggested:£500-50,000 (23 participants: >£10,000)
Paid donation: Against • Human life is not for sale • Donors: the altruistic driving force • Paid donation ends in tragedy • Respect of autonomy to sell his/ her kidney? Hypocrisy! • A few £££ will not save truly vulnerable people • Destroy for ever the miracle/ gift of transplantation