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When the Living and the Deceased Cannot Agree on Organ Donation: A Survey of US Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) by Chon, W. J., Josephson, M. A., Gordon, E. J., Becker, Y. T., Witkowski, P., Arwindekar, D. J., Naik, A., Thistlethwaite, J. R., Liao, C., Ross, L. F.

“…The legal concept of first person authorization (FPA) is based on the principle that a decision by a person with decision‐making capacity should be respected…”
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What the Medical Excuse Teaches Us About the Potential Living Donor as Patient by Ross, L. F.

“…Since the inception of living donor kidney transplantation, physicians have expressed concern about the voluntariness of the donors and their ability to recuse…”
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Equal Opportunity Supplemented by Fair Innings: Equity and Efficiency in Allocating Deceased Donor Kidneys by Ross, L. F., Parker, W., Veatch, R. M., Gentry, S. E., Thistlethwaite, Jr, J. R.

“…For 7 years, the Kidney Transplantation Committee of the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement Transplantation Network has attempted to revise the…”
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Good Ethics Requires Good Science: Why Transplant Programs Should NOT Disclose Misattributed Parentage by Ross, L. F.

“…In 1996, I argued that the recommendation by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to inform women when tests reveal misattributed paternity and not to disclose this…”
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Neighborhood Poverty, Racial Composition and Renal Transplant Waitlist by Saunders, M. R., Cagney, K. A., Ross, L. F., Alexander, G. C.

“…To date, no study has characterized the association between neighborhood poverty, racial composition and deceased donor kidney waitlist. Using the United…”
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A K-nearest neighbors survival probability prediction method by Lowsky, D.J., Ding, Y., Lee, D.K.K., McCulloch, C.E., Ross, L.F., Thistlethwaite, J.R., Zenios, S.A.

“…We introduce a nonparametric survival prediction method for right‐censored data. The method generates a survival curve prediction by constructing a (weighted)…”
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How Different Conceptions of Risk Are Used in the Organ Market Debate by Aronsohn, A., Thistlethwaite, Jr, J. R., Segev, D. L., Ross, L. F.

“…The success of kidney and liver transplantation is hindered by a shortage of organs available for transplantation. Although currently illegal in nearly all…”
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Attitudes of Minority Patients with End‐Stage Renal Disease Regarding ABO‐Incompatible List‐Paired Exchanges by Ackerman, P. D., Thistlethwaite, J. R., Ross, L. F.

“…A few transplant centers in the United States have implemented list‐paired exchange programs that include both ABO‐compatible and ABO‐incompatible living‐donor…”
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Ethical issues in increasing living kidney donations by expanding kidney paired exchange programs by ROSS, L. F, WOODLE, E. S

“…In 1997, Ross et al. proposed to increase the supply of living kidney donations by using kidneys from living ABO-incompatible donors through an exchange…”
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Are doctors altruistic? by Glannon, W, Ross, L F

“…There is a growing belief in the US that medicine is an altruistic profession, and that physicians display altruism in their daily work. We argue that one of…”
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Ethics of a Paired-Kidney-Exchange Program by Ross, Lainie Friedman, Rubin, David T, Siegler, Mark, Josephson, Michelle A, Thistlethwaite, J. Richard, Woodle, E. Steve

“…Although transplantation is the best treatment for many people with end-stage renal disease, the gap between the number of organ donors and the number of…”
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Population screening for genetic disorders in the 21st century: evidence, economics, and ethics by Grosse, S D, Rogowski, W H, Ross, L F, Cornel, M C, Dondorp, W J, Khoury, M J

“…Proposals for population screening for genetic diseases require careful scrutiny by decision makers because of the potential for harms and the need to…”
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Attitudes of healthcare professionals and parents regarding genetic testing for violent traits in childhood by Campbell, E, Ross, L F

“…Objectives: Although no genetic tests for violent behaviour are currently available, research is ongoing to isolate genes related to a propensity for violence…”
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Overriding a Patient's Refusal of Treatment after an Iatrogenic Complication by Casarett, David, Ross, Lainie F

“…An iatrogenic complication is an unfavorable response to medical treatment that is induced by the therapeutic effort itself. 1 Although some are minor, others…”
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More Discussion about Misattributed Parentage in Transplantation by Ross, L. F.

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Health Care Decisionmaking by Children Is It in Their Best Interest? by Ross, Lainie Friedman

“…The argument for children's rights in health care has been long in the making. The success of this position is reflected in the 1995 American Academy of…”
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Ethical issues in haemophilia by DIMICHELE, D., CHUANSUMRIT, A., LONDON, A. J., THOMPSON, A. R., COOPER, C. G., KILLIAN, R. M., ROSS, L. F., LILLICRAP, D., KIMMELMAN, J.

“…Ethical issues surrounding both the lack of global access to care as well as the implementation of advancing technologies, continue to challenge the…”
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SU‐E‐E‐03: Ethics and Professionalism Education in Medical Physics: A Needs Assessment Study by Ozturk, N, Armato, S, Giger, M L, Serago, C, Ross, L F

“…Purpose: To perform a needs assessment survey of ethics/professionalism education in medical physics and ethical/professional challenges in clinical,research…”
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When physicians forego the doctor–patient relationship, should they elect to self-prescribe or curbside? An empirical and ethical analysis by Walter, J K, Lang, C W, Ross, L F

“…Background:The American Medical Association, the British Medical Association and the Canadian Medical Association have guidelines that specifically discourage…”
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Tracing the Olympiad's Chronological Arc by Ross, John F.L.

“…Modern purists prone to lament the tenuous links between the Olympic Games of antiquity and today's quadrennial extravaganzas often cite the four-year Olympic…”
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