The Organ Shortage Crisis in America
Georgetown University Press (Verlag)
978-1-62616-543-4 (ISBN)
What is the most efficacious means of attracting prospective living kidney donors? Flescher, drawing on literature in the fields of moral psychology and economics, as well as on scores of interviews with living donors, suggests that inculcating a sense of altruism and civic duty is a more effective means of increasing donor participation than the resort to financial incentives. He encourages individuals to spend time with patients on dialysis in order to become acquainted with their plight and, as an alternative to lump-sum payments, consider innovative solutions that positively impact living donor participation that do not undermine the spirit of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984. This book not only re-examines the important debate over whether to allow the sale of organs; it is also the first volume in the field to take a close look at alternative solutions to the organ shortage crisis.
Andrew Michael Flescher is a member of the core faculty, program in public health; professor of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine; and professor of English at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. A member of the United Network for Organ Sharing Ethics Committee, he is the author of several books, including Moral Evil and Heroes, Saints, and Ordinary Morality, both from Georgetown University Press.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Organ Shortage Crisis in America
Motivations for Giving, Especially of Precious Goods
Civic Duty
A Word about the Audience and Purpose of This Book
Organization
Notes
1. The Case for Legalizing the Sale of Organs
The Market as a Solution, If Not a Virtue
Costs and Equity
The "Tyranny of the Gift"
Financial Incentives, Libertarianism, and the Black Market
The Unique Case of Iran
A Legal, Regulated Market for Organ Trade
Notes
2. Ethical Concerns with Legalizing the Sale of Organs
The Utility of Utility
Selling Organs and the Impoverished
Selling Organs and Public Safety
Commodification
Moving from Ethical to Pragmatic Considerations
Notes
3. Organ Donation, Financial Motivation, and Civic Duty
Paying It Forward
Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland
How Buying a Good Changes a Good
The Difference between Lump-Sum Incentives and Compensatory Measures
Civic Duty
Notes
4. Living Donors and the Confluence of Altruism and Self-Regard
Complex Human Motivations and the Myth of Unmotivated Altruism
Living Donors and Living Donor Advocacy
The Health Benefits of Living Donation
Reflections of a Living Donor Advocate
Notes
5. Making Altruism Practical
Reducing Disincentives and Opening Doors to Virtue
Paired Exchanges and Donor Chains
Creating Incentives to Opt In
Lost Wages and Travel Expenses
Publicly Acknowledging Living Donors
Nonmonetary Valuable, Comparable Goods
Helping Virtue Along
Notes
Conclusion: Two to Four Hours of Your Life
Notes
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Not illustrated |
| Verlagsort | Washington, DC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-62616-543-2 / 1626165432 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-62616-543-4 / 9781626165434 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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