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Subtitle: altruism and the market for human blood and organs
By: Kieran Healy.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.; Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects -- United States.; Tissue banks -- United States.
Description: As the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question, and the possibility has surfaced that donors might be supplemented or replaced by paid suppliers. This text offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma.