1. A brief history of living donor kidney transplantation / Robert S. Gaston, Arnold G. Diethelm -- 2. Advantages of living donor kidney transplantation in the current era / Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche, Bruce Kaplan -- 3. Immunological advantages of living donor kidney transplantation / Stuart W. Robertson, Jesse A. Flaxenburg, David M. Briscoe -- 4. Selection and evaluation of potential living kidney donors / Lorna P. Marson. [et al.] -- 5. Living kidney donors with isolated medical abnormalities : the SOL-DHR experience / Gilbert T. Thiel, Christa Nolte, Dimitri Tsinalis -- 6. Living donor nephrectomy / Jonas Wadstram -- 7. Long-term risks after living kidney donation / Ingela Fehrman-Ekholm, Gilbert T. Thiel -- 8. The psychosocial impact of donor nephrectomy / Ingela Fehrman-Ekholm -- 9. Overcoming ABO incompatibility / Kazunari Tanabe, Gunnar Tydaen -- 10. Overcoming MHC incompatibility / Robert A. Montgomery, Christopher E. Simpkins, Daniel S. Warren -- 11. Paired-exchange in living donor kidney transplantation / Kiil Park, Jong Hoon Lee -- 12. Nondirected living donors / Arthur J. Matas -- 13. Legal and ethical dilemmas in living donor kidney transplantation / David P.T. Price -- 14. Financial and insurance considerations for living donors / Jeurg Steiger, Thomas R. McCune -- 15. Is it desirable to legitimize paid living donor kidney transplantation programmes? ; pt. 1. Evidence in favour / Janet Radcliffe Richards ; pt. 2. Evidence against / William D. Plant.