title: Buying human kidneys: autonomy, commodity and power.
abstract: Buttle's reply to my objections to buying kidneys is helpful but unconvincing in two respects. Doing something freely leaves quite open the possibility that one is thereby making a commodity of a person; and the effects of institutionalising such a practice is itself a matter for concern. And while his emphasis on 'power' is important, the concept is hardly less problematic than 'commodification'.
authors.affiliation: Humanities Department, Brighton Polytechnic.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brecher
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D032981:Dehumanization; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007668:Kidney; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement