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Before the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in the mid-1990s, transplantation centers were understandably reluctant to provide scarce solid organs for patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, because treated patients can now expect to live substantially longer than before,^1,2,3 many will have end-stage organ disease long before they have life-threatening conditions related to HIV infection.⁴ It is therefore time for the transplantation community to readdress the safety, efficacy, and propriety of transplanting scarce organs in HIV-positive patients who need them.

In this article, we provide ethical arguments for viewing transplantation in patients with HIV infection as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Current Practices

Ethical Considerations

Medical Considerations

Concern about Intraoperative Transmission of HIV

Other Arguments against Transplantation in HIV-Positive Patients

The Burden of Proof

Provision of "Marginal" Organs

A Call for Consistency

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Wright C. E., Bowers V. D., Halkic N., Bally F., Gillet M., Krishnan A., Molina A., Forman S. J., Halpern S. D., Ubel P. A., Caplan A. L.
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