Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts

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Title:

Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts

Author:

Goodwin, Michele.

ISBN:

9780521852807

9780521617994

Personal Author:

Goodwin, Michele.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Physical Description:

xvi, 294 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Institutional supply, demand, and legitimacy -- 3. Nuances, judicial authority, and the legal limits of altruism -- 4. Getting the organ you want -- 5. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act -- 6. Presumed consent : the unsuspecting donor -- 7. Commoditization : incentives for cadaveric organ harvesting -- 8. Black markets : the supply of body parts -- 9. Critiquing the slavery and black body market comparison -- 10. Conclusion.

Abstract:

"In direct response to indefinite delays on the national transplantation waitlists and an inadequate supply of organs, a growing number of terminally ill Americans are turning to international underground markets and coordinators or brokers for organs. Chinese inmates on death row and the economically disadvantaged in India and Brazil are the often compromised co-participants in the private negotiation process, which occurs outside of the legal process or in the shadows of the law. These individuals supply kidneys and other organs for Americans and other Westerners willing to shop and pay in the private process. This book contends that exclusive reliance on the present altruistic tissue and organ procurement processes in the United States is not only rife with problems, but also improvident.

The author explores how the altruistic approach leads to a "black market" of organs being harvested from Third World individuals as well as compelled donations from children and incompetent persons."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Corrupt practices.

Human body.

Homografts -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Medical ethics.

Tissue and Organ Procurement -- methods.

Tissue Donors -- supply & distribution.

Tissue and Organ Procurement -- legislation & jurisprudence.

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In America, in direct response to indefinite delays on the national transplantation waitlists and an inadequate supply of organs, a growing number of terminally ill Americans are turning to international underground markets and coordinators or brokers for organs. Chinese inmates on death-row and the economically disadvantaged in India and Brazil are the often compromised co-participants in the private negotiation process, which occurs outside the legal process - or in the shadows of law. These individuals supply kidneys and other organs for Americans and other Westerners willing to shop and pay in the private process. This book contends that exclusive reliance on the present altruistic tissue and organ procurement processes in the United States is not only rife with problems, but also improvident. The author explores how the altruistic approach leads to a 'black market' of organs being harvested from Third World individuals as well as compelled donations from children and incompetent persons.