Title: Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts /
Authors: Goodwin, Michele.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Corrupt practices.; Human body.; Homografts Moral and ethical aspects.; Medical ethics.; Tissue and Organ Procurement methods; Altruism; Coercion; Ethics; Fraud; Informed Consent; Tissue Donors supply & distribution; Tissue and Organ Procurement legislation & jurisprudence; Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. United States.; Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. Moral and ethical aspects United States.; Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. Law and legislation.; Donation of organs, tissues, etc.; Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Moral and ethical aspects.; Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Law and legislation
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."--Jacket.
Contents: Institutional supply, demand, and legitimacy -- Nuances, judicial authority, and the legal limits of altruism -- Getting the organ you want -- The uniform anatomical gift act -- Presumed consent: the unsuspecting donor -- Commoditization: incentives for cadaveric organ harvesting -- Black markets: the supply of body parts -- Critiquing the slavery and black body market comparison.