Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the MarketGeorgetown University Press, 2005 M03 19 - 280 pages If most Americans accept the notion that the market is the most efficient means to distribute resources, why should body parts be excluded? Each year thousands of people die waiting for organ transplants. Many of these deaths could have been prevented were it not for the almost universal moral hand-wringing over the concept of selling human organs. Kidney for Sale by Owner, now with a new preface, boldly deconstructs the roadblocks that are standing in the way of restoring health to thousands of people. Author and bioethicist Mark Cherry reasserts the case that health care could be improved and lives saved by introducing a regulated transplant organs market rather than by well-meant, but misguided, prohibitions. |
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... Health Care Policy , and Private Choices 42 Summary 68 THREE A MARKET IN HUMAN ORGANS : COSTS AND BENEFITS , VICES AND VIRTUES Introduction 72 72 Health Care Costs and Benefits 74 Special Moral Costs and Benefits : Equality and Liberty ...
... medical practice of organ transplantation and the urgent public health care crisis . I consider the nature and scope of the global consensus against a for - profit market in human organs , together with the moral assumptions and ...
... health care , the efficient and effective use of scarce resources , and whether such a market would lead to greater liberty , equality , and altruism . In addition , I gauge the impact of such a market on respect for sanctity of life ...
... health challenge : the considerable disparity between the number of patients who could significantly benefit from organ transplantation and the number of human organs available for transplant ... HEALTH CARE POLICY Consider the extent of.
... HEALTH CARE POLICY Consider the extent of the medical challenges facing the transplantation field . In 1996 , in the United States , 4,022 patients died while waiting for suitable organs ; as noted , in 2002 this incidence had increased ...
Contents
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COMMUNITY ALTRUISM AND FREE CHOICE | 99 |
SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE AND THE MARKETPLACE | 102 |
THE VIRTUES AND VICES OF FREE CHOICE | 107 |
SUMMARY | 110 |
The Body Its Parts and the Market Revisionist Interpretations from the History of Philosophy | 113 |
MAJOR THEORIES | 118 |
SUMMARY | 144 |
Prohibition More Harm Than Benefit? | 147 |
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GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE POLICY AND PRIVATE CHOICES | 42 |
SUMMARY | 68 |
Costs and Benefits Vices and Virtues | 72 |
HEALTH CARE COSTS AND BENEFITS | 74 |
EQUALITY AND LIBERTY | 83 |
ORGAN MARKETS VERSUS OTHER PROCUREMENT AND ALLOCATION STRATEGIES | 88 |
FALSE CLAIMS TO MORAL CONSENSUS | 148 |
CRAFTING HEALTH CARE POLICY AMID MORAL PLURALISM | 154 |
Sample of International Legislation Restricting the Sale of Human Organs for Transplantation | 163 |
List of Cases | 169 |
Notes | 171 |
Index | 245 |
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Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market Mark J. Cherry Limited preview - 2015 |
Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market Mark J. Cherry Limited preview - 2005 |
Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market Mark J. Cherry No preview available - 2005 |