The case for living kidney sales: rationale, objections and concerns.
Currently, potential kidney transplant candidates are dying on the waiting list. One potential solution would be a regulated system of living kidney sales (with safeguards to protect the vendor). Potential objections and practical concerns are discussed.
Matas
Arthur J
AJ
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA. matas001@umn.edu
D003132:Commerce / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics*; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000191:economics*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States