UID:
almahu_9948609562502882
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781107051041 (ebook)
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Sep 2019).
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1. Introduction -- A. A tale of two cities -- B. Black markets : altruism's limits -- 1) The black market -- 2) Exploitation of living donors -- 3) Compelled organ and tissue donation from children -- 4) Bias and fraud : who gets priority status? -- 5) Presumed consent : an underground process -- 6) Tissue sales and donor betrayal -- C. Reform : an alternative vision -- Alternatives -- Hybrid system -- Slavery debate -- D. Research framework : laws and status --
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pt. 1. Understanding the strain on altruism -- 2. Institutional supply, demand, and legitimacy -- Introduction -- A. Medical trust and government-sponsored medicine -- B. Institutional competency -- Institutional goals -- Institutional supply and demand -- Physical capacity -- C. Competency and altruism : a statistical overview -- Racial disparities, distributive justice, and waitlists -- a. Kidney waitlists -- b. Liver waitlists -- c. Heart waitlists -- D. Confidence and donation -- Conclusion -- 3. Nuances, judicial authority, and the legal limits of altruism -- Introduction -- A. The language of altruism -- B. Obsessive altruism, it's not really altruism at all or is it? -- Living donations -- The cases -- McFall v. Shimp -- Curran v. Bosze -- Fluid jurisprudence -- Strunk v. Strunk -- C. Reproductive altruism -- Conclusion -- 4. Getting the organ you want -- Introduction -- A. Organ referral : getting onto the list -- Profit in dialysis -- Green screening and social valuing -- The God squad -- B. Distributive justice and the waiting list game -- History -- Matching and politics -- 1) Blood distribution grouping -- 2) Human leukocyte antigen disparity -- 3) Higher crossmatch -- 4) Low donations among Blacks -- Conclusion --
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pt. 2. Legal frameworks and alternatives -- 5. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act -- Introduction -- A. 1968 UAGA -- Scope -- Compensation -- Tensions -- B. The 1987 UAGA : required request and presumed consent -- 6. Presumed consent : the unsuspecting donor -- Introduction -- A. Presumed consent : origins and obstacles -- What does consent have to do with it? -- Too much to not ask for... -- B. Can presumed consent work for organs? -- Religious concerns -- Cultural concerns -- Opt-out viability -- C. Compulsory donation and a duty to rescue : why social contract theory doesn't apply -- A few problems -- Black exclusion -- Autonomy and state interference -- Conclusion -- 7. Commoditization : incentives for cadaveric organ harvesting -- Introduction -- A. Bad blood -- Blood crisis -- B. Costs -- C. Subjective ethics -- D. Life, death, and insurance -- E. System components and government power -- The law -- Conclusion -- 8. Black markets : the supply of body parts -- Introduction -- A. Taking from the dead : robbing Black cemeteries -- B. Public and private transactions in tissue procurement -- C. The private and the public : a new right to choose in sperm and ova sales -- D. Black markets and organs -- The tale of an organ -- Buying an organ -- Costs -- Conclusion --
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pt. 3. Critiquing the slavery and Black body market comparison -- 9. Critiquing the slavery and Black body market -- Comparison -- Introduction -- Black bodies and property -- 1) Saving Lives -- 2) Compensation -- 3) Voluntary participation -- 4) Physicality -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521852807
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107051041
