Access to Transplantation for Undocumented Pediatric Patients.

Creator(s)

Olga Charnaya
Priya Verghese
Aviva Goldberg
Keren Ladin
Thalia Porteny
John Lantos, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2020

Identifier

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3692

Abstract

Clinicians in the United States today regularly face dilemmas about health disparities. Many patients and families cannot afford the medical care that doctors recommend. These problems are most stark when the medical care that is needed is lifesaving and expensive and involves scarce resources. Transplants are the best example of this. The most ethically disturbing situations occur when an undocumented immigrant child needs a transplant. We present such a case and analyze the ethical, legal, and policy issues that arise.

Journal Title

Pediatrics

Volume

146

Issue

1

Recommended Citation

Charnaya O, Verghese P, Goldberg A, Ladin K, Porteny T, Lantos JD. Access to Transplantation for Undocumented Pediatric Patients. Pediatrics. 2020;146(1):e20193692. doi:10.1542/peds.2019-3692