Isabelle M. Mikell joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Courtney L. Savage Hoggard and Dr Harald Schmidt: "What Should Be Roles of Federal Clinician Governors in Motivating Equity in Locally Coordinated Triage Protocols?"
Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD, Aruna K. Subramanian, MD, PhD, Mark S. Sulkowski, MD, David L. Thomas, MD, MPH, and Kenrad E. Nelson, MD
The medical and non-medical information that a physician should consider when deciding whether or not to place a patient on the organ transplant waiting list.
An explanation of the difficulties created by language barriers in the medical encounter between patients and health care professionals. Interpreters, while necessary, may also affect the patient physician relationship.
Unclear regulations and informal data gathering on immigrants who receive or donate organs can cause mistrust and suspicion of the organ allocation system and affect donation rates.