Organs For Sale
From Marketplace To Jungle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21048888 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joyce Bermel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-4 |
| Publication date | 1986-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3562460 |
| PMID | 11643914 |
| OpenAlex | W2409148518 |
| Language | EN |
The Pittsburgh Press (3-10 Nov 1985) reported a 23-nation investigation of an international market in the buying, selling, and distribution of kidneys. Among the practices cited are the selling abroad of U.S.-donated kidneys by American companies, line jumping by wealthy foreigners at U.S. transplant centers, and an active trade in buying organs from live donors in several countries. To head off the entrenchment of an allocation system based on money rather than on medical need, steps have been taken toward regulation in the U.S. The Reagan administration plans to establish a national organ sharing network and the Congressional Task Force on organ transplants has drafted ethical recommendations condemning commercial practices
Citation · Jungle · Library science · World Wide Web · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Computer Science · History
| Highly cited | No |
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