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Ethically, doctors are professionally responsible to adhere to medicine’s unique moral obligations. The Hippocratic tradition is the origin of several tenets of medical ethics. One of them is the commitment to nonjudgmental regard. Health professionals are professionally responsible to render care to patients without being affected by

ny judgment as to the patient’s worthiness[6].Another medical ethical tenet is Primum non nocere or “first, do no harm”. This principle is clearly embodied in the Hippocratic oath for physicians. This principle of non-maleficence is the most serious ethical concern in living donor transplants, due to the potential of doing medical harm to the donor. Many donors experience significant pain and short-term disability. The risk of surgical complications in living donor surgery is 5% to 10% risk and the risk of de

Determination of death can be made after the cessation of circulation and respiratory function for 2 min

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there is a significant incidence of drug toxicity and a propensity for drug interactions with immunosuppressive agents used to maintain graft

nfection must be considered in the differential for changes in clinical status of transplant recipients even in the absence of common signs or symptoms of infe

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It has also led to the practice of organ sale by entrepreneurs for financial gains in some parts the world through exploitation of the poor, for the benefit of the wealthy

the problem of organ supply versus organ demand and the appropriate allocation of available organs

where ethics, values, and personal beliefs play an immense role.

he saturation was achieved after conducting 9 interviews. The final version of the survey was conducted in summer 2014.

41% believed in life after death and 34% did not, whereas 25% were undecided. In trend, more women (47%) than men (27%) were convinced (p = .07), while there were no significant differences with respect to profession (p = .78). Interestingly, a significantly larger percentage of Catholics believed in life after death (54%) than Protestants in the sample among whom only 38% believed in life after death (figures significant