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Narrative Matters Health AffairsVol. 33, No. 2: Early Evidence, Future Promise Of Connected Health Undocumented Immigrants And Kidney Transplant: Costs And ControversyVanessa Grubbs Affiliations Vanessa Grubbs ( [email protected] ) is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital. She also teaches narrative writing from a health policy perspective. The patient’s name in this story has been changed to protect his privacy. PUBLISHED:February 2014No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0462AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View articleAbstractA nephrologist’s patient is ideally suited for kidney transplant—except that he is an undocumented immigrant.TOPICSOrgan transplantationDialysisImmigrantsPharmaceuticalsKidney diseasePrivate health insuranceInsurance claimsSurgeryInsurance coverage and benefitsClinics Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article MetricsCitations: Crossref 6 History Published online 1 February 2014 Information Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. PDF downloadCited ByEthics Consultation for Adult Solid Organ Transplantation Candidates and Recipients: A Single Centre Experience26 February 2021 | Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Vol. 18, No. 2Pediatric kidney transplant in undocumented immigrants: An American perspectives28 July 2020 | Pediatric Transplantation, Vol. 25, No. 1Barriers to providing optimal dialysis care for undocumented immigrants: Policy challenges and solutions7 January 2020 | Seminars in Dialysis, Vol. 33, No. 1Hemodialysis care for undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease in the United StatesCurrent Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, Vol. 28, No. 6Caring for Undocumented Immigrants With Kidney DiseaseAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 71, No. 4Association of Citizenship Status With Kidney Transplantation in Medicaid PatientsAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 71, No. 2
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