Mitchell L. Shiffman, Don C. Rockey – 30 July 2008 – Liver transplantation has evolved into a successful option for patients with end‐stage liver disease. Transplant hepatologists are involved in the management of patients with end‐stage liver disease both before and after liver transplantation. The goals of this study were to evaluate the roles that transplant hepatologists play at liver transplantation programs in the United States and the demand for and institutional support provided for these physicians.

Valentina Medici, Lorenzo Rossaro, Jacob A. Wegelin, Amit Kamboj, Junko Nakai, Kelli Fisher, Frederick J. Meyers – 30 July 2008 – Patients with chronic liver disease are referred late to hospice or never referred. There are several barriers to timely referral. First, liver transplantation (LT) and hospice care have always been perceived as mutually exclusive. Yet the criteria for hospice referral and for LT are more similar than different (for example, advanced liver disease and imminent death). Second, physicians, patients, and families have not had a reliable metric to guide referral.

Olav Dalgard, Alessandra Mangia – 29 July 2008

Chia‐Yen Dai, Wan‐Long Chuang, Jee‐Fu Huang, Ming‐Yen Hsieh, Ming‐Lung Yu – 29 July 2008

Raffaele Iorio, Francesco Cirillo, Vito Terlizzi, Antonietta Giannattasio – 29 July 2008

Rafael Bañares, Agustín Albillos, María‐Vega Catalina – 29 July 2008

Georgios N. Kalambokis, Epameinondas V. Tsianos – 29 July 2008

Véronique Loustaud‐Ratti, Sophie Alain, Annick Rousseau, Pierre Marquet – 29 July 2008

Robert J. Fontana – 29 July 2008

Peter Ferenci, Ludwig Kramer – 29 July 2008