The ethics of poverty and the poverty of ethics: the case of Palestinian prisoners in Israel seeking to sell their kidneys in order to feed their children.
Bioethical arguments conceal the coercion underlying the choice between poverty and selling ones organs.
Institute of Health Sciences Education, Centre for Health Sciences, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, London E1 2AD, UK. m.epstein@qmul.ac.uk
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D018912:Arabs; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D003132:Commerce / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000941:ethics; D011203:Poverty / Q000941:ethics; D011329:Prisoners; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000941:ethics*