the case for compensating kidney donors
Edición de la obra When altruism isn't enough
| Autor | Sally L. Satel |
|---|---|
| Editorial | AEI Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008 |
| Lugar | Washington, D.C |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 228 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780844742663 |
| ISBN-10 | 084474266X |
| OCLC | 263295123 |
| LCCN | 2008045715 |
| Número de Cutter | S253w |
"America faces a desperate organ shortage. Today, more than 78,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant; only one in four will receive one this year, while twelve die each day waiting for help. Not surprisingly, many patients are driven to desperate measures to circumvent the eight-year waiting list--renting billboards, advertising in newsletters, or even purchasing an organ on the global black market. Altruism is an admirable but clearly insufficient motivation for would-be donors. What can be done to solve the kidney crisis? Reward organ donors for their remarkable gifts. Noncash benefits to people who donate to a desperate stranger will motivate others to do the same, increase the national supply of kidneys, and reduce needless death and suffering. When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors explores the key ethical, theoretical, and practical concerns of a government-regulated donor compensation program. It is the first book to describe how such a system could be designed to be ethically permissible, economically justifiable, and pragmatically achievable." --back cover.