title: Paid Organ Donation: An Italian Perspective.
abstract: The only countries that have allowed financial incentives for organ donation are Iran since 1988, and later on, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. In Europe, and of course in Italy, financial incentives for donors are prohibited. The author has completed extensive research via the Internet (PubMed) of worldwide scientific literature on paid organ donation, also researching studies concerning public opinion on organ commercialism and "regulated markets". Italian transplant laws also have been reported and analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Surgical Sciences and Transplantation "Paride Stefanini", Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Electronic address: bruzzonepaolo@alice.it.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruzzone
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009042:Motivation; D011639:Public Opinion; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics* / Q000941:ethics