A scoping review of inequities in access to organ transplant in the United States

C Park, MM Jones, S Kaplan, FL Koller… - International journal for …, 2022 - Springer
Background Organ transplant is the preferred treatment for end-stage organ disease, yet the
majority of patients with end-stage organ disease are never placed on the transplant waiting …

The promise of organ and tissue preservation to transform medicine

S Giwa, JK Lewis, L Alvarez, R Langer, AE Roth… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The ability to replace organs and tissues on demand could save or improve millions of lives
each year globally and create public health benefits on par with curing cancer. Unmet needs …

Examining the potential impact of race multiplier utilization in estimated glomerular filtration rate calculation on African-American care outcomes

S Ahmed, CT Nutt, ND Eneanya, PP Reese… - Journal of General …, 2021 - Springer
Background Advancing health equity entails reducing disparities in care. African-American
patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have poorer outcomes, including dialysis access …

Equally interchangeable? How sex and gender affect transplantation

A Melk, B Babitsch, B Borchert-Moerlins, F Claas… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Organ transplantation as an option to overcome end-stage diseases is common in countries
with advanced healthcare systems and is increasingly provided in emerging and developing …

[图书][B] Exploring medical anthropology

D Joralemon - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Now in its fourth edition, Exploring Medical Anthropology provides a concise and engaging
introduction to medical anthropology. It presents competing theoretical perspectives in a …

[HTML][HTML] Racial/ethnic disparities in waitlisting for deceased donor kidney transplantation 1 year after implementation of the new national kidney allocation system

X Zhang, TA Melanson, LC Plantinga, M Basu… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact of a new national kidney allocation system (KAS) on access to the national
deceased-donor waiting list (waitlisting) and racial/ethnic disparities in waitlisting among US …

Acknowledging and addressing allostatic load in pregnancy care

KA Riggan, A Gilbert, MA Allyse - Journal of racial and ethnic health …, 2021 - Springer
The USA is one of the few countries in the world in which maternal and infant morbidity and
mortality continue to increase, with the greatest disparities observed among non-Hispanic …

Renal transplantation and survival among patients with lupus nephritis: a cohort study

A Jorge, ZS Wallace, N Lu, Y Zhang… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to lupus nephritis (LN) have
high rates of premature death. Objective: To assess the potential effect on survival of renal …

Designing interventions addressing structural racism to reduce kidney health disparities: a report from a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney …

DC Crews, RE Patzer, L Cervantes… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Structural racism embodies the many ways in which society fosters racial discrimination
through “mutually reinforcing inequitable systems” that limit access to resources and …

Hemodialysis disparities in African Americans: the deeply integrated concept of race in the social fabric of our society

KC Norris, SF Williams, CM Rhee… - Seminars in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
End‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is one of the starkest examples of racial/ethnic disparities
in health. Racial/ethnic minorities are 1.5 to nearly 4 times more likely than their non …