TY - JOUR T1 - Join the Lone Kidney Club: incentivising live organ donation JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics DO - 10.1136/medethics-2019-105999 SP - medethics-2019-105999 AU - Annet Glas Y1 - 2020/02/14 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2020/02/14/medethics-2019-105999.abstract N2 - Given the dramatic shortage of transplantable organs, demand cannot be met by established and envisioned organ procurement policies targeting postmortem donation. Live organ donation (LOD) is a medically attractive option, and ethically permissible if informed consent is given and donor beneficence balances recipient non-maleficence. Only a few legal and regulatory frameworks incentivise LOD, with the key exception of Israel’s Organ Transplant Law, which has produced significant improvements in organ donation rates. Therefore, I propose an organ procurement system that incentivises LOD by allocating additional priority points to the living donor on any transplant waiting list. I outline benefits and challenges for potential recipients, donors and society at large, and suggest measures to ensure medical protection of marginalised patient groups. ER -