A 65-year-old woman with diabetes has been on dialysis for 2 years and has just been placed on the kidney transplant waiting list. There are no potential living donors. She has had recurrent problems with dialysis access and is dismayed to find out that she may have to wait several years for a transplant. She fails to come to dialysis for a period of 4 weeks and then calls to say that she will need outpatient follow-up for her new kidney transplant. She admits that the transplant was carried out in another country where victimization of organ donors is widely believed to occur. 

Question Answered step-by-step Scenario 2: A 65-year-old woman with diabetes has been on dialysis for 2 years and has just been placed on the kidney transplant waiting list. There are no potential living donors. She has had recurrent problems with dialysis access and is dismayed to find out that she may have to wait several years for a transplant. She fails to come to dialysis for a period of 4 weeks and then calls to say that she will need outpatient follow-up for her new kidney transplant. She admits that the transplant was carried out in another country where victimization of organ donors is widely believed to occur.  Question 2: What types of possible victimization occur in foreign organ donations? Can any of these potentially exploitative practices be justified, and if so, on what grounds? Health Science Science Nursing HCR 210 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)