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Kidney Shortage Inspires
A Radical Idea: Organ Sales
Wall Street Hournal ^
| November 13, 2007
| LAURA MECKLER
Posted on 11/13/2007 4:24:55 PM PST by leadpencil1
Amid a severe kidney-donor shortage, an idea long considered anathema in the medical community is gaining new currency: payments for people willing to give up a kidney.
One of the most outspoken voices on the topic isn't a free-market libertarian, but a prominent transplant surgeon named Arthur Matas.
Dr. Matas, 59 years old, is a Canadian-born physician best known for his research at the University of Minnesota. Lately, he's been traveling the country trying to make the case that barring kidney sales is tantamount to sentencing some patients to death.
"There's one clear argument for sales," Dr. Matas told a gathering of surgeons earlier this year. The practice, currently illegal in the U.S., "would increase the supply of kidneys, save lives and improve the quality of life for those with end-stage renal disease."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: ersd; healthcare; kidney; madeinchina; mybodymybusiness; organsales; righttoprivacy; transplant
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Interesting take and one that should be piloted here in the states.
To: leadpencil1
They can have my right one. 4 kidney stones so far, and symptoms of a fifth once in awhile.
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:32:46 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
To: leadpencil1
To: leadpencil1
When Walter Williams fills in for Rush he often talks about this.And he makes a pretty good case.”If I can’t claim my kidneys as my own exactly what can I claim to be mine?” is his basic attitude.
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:36:05 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
To: leadpencil1
I will donate my kidney for $100 million dollars.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:36:23 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: dynachrome
They can have my right one. 4 kidney stones so far, and symptoms of a fifth once in awhile. It's that fifth every once in a while that'll do it.
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:37:06 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rear view mirror.)
To: leadpencil1
"Payments eventually result in the exploitation of the individual," says Dr. Delmonico, who also worries about encouraging black-market sales both here and in developing countries. "It's the poor person who sells." A real progressive view.
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:37:51 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Just enforce the law!)
To: BipolarBob
“fifth every once in a while”
That’s how I keep the left one cleaned out!
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:39:22 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
To: rocksblues
Yeah, really. Capitalism sucks, according to our medical socialists. No wonder there's an organ donor shortage.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:39:45 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Mr_Moonlight
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posted on
11/13/2007 4:47:00 PM PST
by
leadpencil1
(Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.)
To: rocksblues
In China it isn’t the poor person who sells. It is the imprisoned person who is forced to give up an organ for the State.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:01:26 PM PST
by
weegee
(NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
To: leadpencil1
OK, I'll see your "first powered flight" and raise you a Hammond B3 with Leslie tone cabinet ........
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:02:17 PM PST
by
Mr_Moonlight
(There's always a wise-guy on these threads ... often it turns out to be me :))
To: goldstategop
A woman has a right to control “her” body even when that means terminating a separate life at the end of an umbilical cord. But you don’t have the “right” to sell an organ to the highest bidder because...
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:03:00 PM PST
by
weegee
(NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
To: Mr_Moonlight
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:12:58 PM PST
by
leadpencil1
(Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.)
To: leadpencil1
I just don’t want trade for the organs of dead people. That will lead to doctors not doing everything they can to save lives in order to make money on their organs.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:13:10 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
To: Mr_Moonlight
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:16:08 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Gay State Conservative
It seems to me that in the organ donation process, including blood, everybody dips their beak except for the donor. That’s wrong.
I understand the counter argument though. It creates an incentive for people do do things that may not be good for them for short term financial benefits.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:20:08 PM PST
by
ichabod1
("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
To: dynachrome
“They can have my right one. 4 kidney stones so far, and symptoms of a fifth once in awhile.”
It is likely not your right kidney’s fault.
To: Mr_Moonlight
An organ recital is what old people give when you ask them how they are. They recite the condition of their organs.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:22:04 PM PST
by
ichabod1
("Self defense is not only our right, it is our duty." President Ronald Reagan)
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
Somehow calcium is not processed right. I looked at one of the buggers under a microscope at work. Ugly looking little stone.
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posted on
11/13/2007 5:34:13 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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