Increasing the Supply of Transplant Organs The Virtues of an Options Market |
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| Author:
| Cohen, Lloyd R. |
| Series title: | Medical Intelligence Unit Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-540-60003-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1996 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $163.95 |
Book Description:
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This book is about a proposed solution to the shortage in the supply of transplant organs. Tens of thousands of individuals are suffering and dying while the organs that could restore them to health are disposed of like carrion. The author proposes the creation of something akin to an options market in which healthy individuals would be given the opportunity to contract for the contingent post-mortem sale of their body parts. If the vendor's organs are harvested and transplanted, a...
More DescriptionThis book is about a proposed solution to the shortage in the supply of transplant organs. Tens of thousands of individuals are suffering and dying while the organs that could restore them to health are disposed of like carrion. The author proposes the creation of something akin to an options market in which healthy individuals would be given the opportunity to contract for the contingent post-mortem sale of their body parts. If the vendor's organs are harvested and transplanted, a payment in the range of $5000 would be made to his designee. The hospital in which the vendor dies would have the legal duty to preserve his cadaver in a manner suitable for organ harvesting. This market solution is more effective, more efficient and more robust than the alternatives of donation, presumed consent, and required request.