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Wightman Lab

Dr. Wightman seeks to improve decision-making for children with burdensome, complex, chronic conditions through qualitative, quantitative and normative scholarship.



Highlighted Publications

  1. Wightman A, Kett J, Campelia G, Wilfond B.  The relational potential standard. Hastings Center Report 2019 May;49(3):18-25. doi: 10.1002/hast.1003 PMID: 31269258.
  2. Wightman A, Goldberg A, Diekema D. Fairness, Severe Intellectual Disability, and the Special Case of Transplantation. Pediatric Transplantation.  2018 Aug;22(5):e13228. doi: 10.1111/petr.13228. PMID: 2978580.*
  3. Wightman A, Bradford B, Hsu E, Bartlett H, Smith J. Prevalence and Long-Term Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplant in Children with Intellectual Disability Journal of Pediatrics 2021 Aug;235:10-17.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.056. Epub 2021 Mar 29. PMID: 33794218.
  4. Wightman A. Caregiver burden in pediatric dialysis Pediatric Nephrology 2019 Aug 21. doi: 10.1007/s00467-019-04332-5. PMID: 31435726.
  5. Wightman A, Goldberg A, Diekema D. “Considering a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for pediatric kidney transplant candidates” Pediatric Nephrology 2022. Mar 25;1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00467-022-05511-7. PMID: 3533972

View a full list of Dr. Wightman’s publications on Open Researcher and Contributor ID.

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Contact Us

Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics and Palliative Care

For questions or inquiries,
email: [email protected]
call: 206-884-8355.

Physical Address

1900 Ninth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101

Mailing Address

M/S JMB-6
PO Box 5371
Seattle, WA 98145-5005