Ethical disputes in living donor kidney transplantation : what should we do to save lives?

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Living donor kidney transplantation has strong opposition and proponents.

Opponents argue that this would exploit poor and female while proponents discuss the high mortality rate of ESRD patients and the low risk of a living donation.

In this debate, we reviewed disputes in ethical aspects of living donor kidney transplantation to reach to a good overview of the current concepts on the issue.

"To save an innocent human life is equal to saving the humankind." Holy Quran; AlMaeda:32