Abstract
The kidney voucher program was started by the National Kidney Registry (NKR) in December 2014. Under the program, live donors can donate a kidney in return for a voucher that entitles their intended recipients to a live donor kidney from the end of a future kidney chain. The purpose of the program is twofold. First, it allows live donors to donate when it is convenient or possible for them to do so. For example, the first voucher donor was 64 years old and had a four-year-old grandson with one poorly functioning kidney. Under the kidney voucher program, the grandfather could donate his kidney before he was too old to donate and provide an advantage for his grandson, who was not expected to need a kidney for ten to fifteen years. Second, voucher donors will help alleviate the shortage of live donors needed to start kidney chains …
Tenenbaum, Evelyn M, Donate Today so Your Loved One Can Receive a Future Live Donor Kidney: Are Kidney Vouchers Enforceable Contracts? (August 27, 2018). Journal of Health and Biomedical Law, XIV (2018) 101-138.
First posted 2018-09-08 07:56:19
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