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SCENARIO
Robert, age twenty-five, has lost 50 percent of his kidney function due to diabetes, which has also left him blind and with severe neuropathy in his legs and feet. His general condition is deteriorating so rapidly that he probably has no more than a year to live. Robert's father wants to donate his kidney, if he is compatible. Dialysis is no option in the mind of the father, since he feels that Robert could not take it psychologically. The family has a history of both diabetes and liver problems. The transplant will help with the kidney problem, but will not reverse or stop the progression of the other effects of the diabetes.
A. Is either dialysis or a transplant medically indicated?
B. Is the father's belief about his son's ability to endure dialysis relevant?
C. Should Robert be consulted?
D. Is the father ethical in donating his kidney in view of his family history?
E. Do the ethics of allocation favor or militate against a transplant in this case?
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A. I believe Dialysis is medically indicated. Even if he did not receive a kidney transplant he would need dialysis.
B. To the Father Yes. He believes from the scenario that the son is not psychologically capable of the thought of dialysis at such a young age.
C. Yes, He would be the recipient and he has a choice to say yes or no.
D.This is a person choice. I do not know how old the father is, but I do know he wants his son to have a full life.
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