%0 Journal Article
%T Case Vignettes in Transplant Psychiatry Ethics.
%A Chin HP
%J Camb Q Healthc Ethics
%V 31
%N 3
%D 07 2022
%M 35899550
%F 1.566
%R 10.1017/S0963180121001079
%X The demand for liver transplants continues to far exceed the number of available viable donor organs; hence, it is of utmost importance to determine those individuals who are best able to care for these valuable, limited resources as potential recipients. At the same time, psychiatric comorbidity is common in the course of end-stage liver disease and can be mutually complicating. This article focuses on liver transplant candidacy from a psychiatric perspective, using illustrative cases to underscore the foundational facets of medical ethics that serve as the guide to these complex medical and ethical decisions.