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The Changing Rules of Organ Donation. Melissa Healy.

by Healy, Melissa; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 1Human Relations. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Bioethics | Donation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Law and legislation | Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Outright sale of transplantable organs remains illegal in the U.S. And any payment to the families of deceased donors, while still hotly debated, is illegal. But with the need for organs racing even farther ahead of the supply, surgeons, ethicists and lawmakers are not only debating the rules of donation, but they are also beginning to rewrite them." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the "ethical complexities of using money to secure an organ."
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Originally Published: The Changing Rules of Organ Donation, Nov. 1, 2004; pp. F1+.

"Outright sale of transplantable organs remains illegal in the U.S. And any payment to the families of deceased donors, while still hotly debated, is illegal. But with the need for organs racing even farther ahead of the supply, surgeons, ethicists and lawmakers are not only debating the rules of donation, but they are also beginning to rewrite them." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the "ethical complexities of using money to secure an organ."

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