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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

Some Ethical and Policy Issues in Living Kidney Donation

This talk will discuss some of the ethical debates that have occurred over the last five decades with regard to living organ donors. Is removing an organ from a healthy person to benefit another a violation of the fundamental precept to "do no harm?"  Are there ethical ways to increase the supply of organs?  Are current practices for screening potential living donors ethically appropriate.  To do this, Martha Gershun will tell the story of her decision to donate a kidney to a stranger and discuss what she learned in the process of donating. John Lantos will put Martha's experience in historical and ethical context. 

Martha Gershun
Nonprofit Consultant
Writer
Living Kidney Donor 

John D. Lantos, MD 
Professor of Pediatrics
Glasnapp Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Bioethics
Director, Children's Mercy Bioethics Center
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

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