title: Body values: the case against compensating for transplant organs.
abstract: Proposals to compensate families for transplantable organs are gathering momentum. The proposals assume that the body is dissociable from the self and can be treated like property. But such a view is out of step with the rest of the culture.
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Joralemon
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D003132:Commerce; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012945:Social Values; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States