When Altruism Isnt Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 084474266X ISBN 13 : 9780844742663

Editeur : AEI Press, 2009

Synopsis

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 listrenting 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. Altruism is a beautiful virtue, but relying on it as the sole impetus for organ donation ensures that thousands of people will continue to die each year while waiting for kidney transplants

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sally Satel, M.D. is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AEI Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 084474266X
• ISBN 13: 9780844742663
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Éditeur: Satel Sally
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