Questions to Think About Ahead of Time at the Relative Kidney Transplant Ethics Conference

Questions the ethics committee member may ask the recipient: 1. When did you know you had uremia? 2. What are the treatment options for uremia? 3. Did your doctor inform you of the different options available to you, such as dialysis and transplantation? 4. Did the doctor advise you to get a kidney transplant from a living donor? 5. How did you know you could get a kidney transplant from a relative? Referred by doctor? From the patient? 6. Did you know the results of your tests? Did the doctor tell you about the abnormal values? 7. Do you know that there are risks involved in transplantation? What are the risks? 8. What if the operation fails? 9. Do you have difficulty in paying for the surgery? 10. Do you have enough money to support the treatment of possible post-operative complications and long-term examination and medication costs? 11.Other: …… is constantly being added to …… Questions that the ethics committee members may ask the donor: