Ethical market in organs

An ethical market in human organs.

While people’s lives continue to be put at risk by the dearth of organs available for transplantation, we must give urgent consideration to any option that may make up the shortfall. A market in organs from living donors is one such option. The market should be ethically supportable, and have built into it, for example, safeguards against wrongful exploitation. This can be accomplished by estab...

Commerce in organs--an ethical dilemma.

A Competitive Market in Human Organs

IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE, there are thousands of people every year whose lives could be saved by means of a liver or kidney transplant but who die because organs are unavailable. Even the tens of thousands who obtain a transplant often have to wait years for an operation, during which time their quality of life and their post-operative prospects deteriorate. A sure way of increasing supply to...

Pros and cons of a regulated market in organs.

In a World Report about the pros and cons of a regulated market for organ donation in the USA (Oct 17, p 1315), Priya Shetty explores other solutions for tackling organ shortage. When analysing the situation in Europe, she states that “Spain, which introduced presumed consent in 1990, has seen donations double...” The real fact is that Spain has not changed its transplantation law since 1979. O...

evidence of adverse selection in irans health insurance market

در این تحقیق به مطالعه وجود انتخاب نامساعد(کژ گزینی) در بازار بیمه درمان تکمیلی ایران پرداخته شده است. داده های مورد نیاز توسط پرسشنامه و به روش نمونه گیری خوشه ای جمع آوری شده است. پرسشنامه ها در میان افراد شاغل ساکن شهر تهران توریع شد. در این تحقیق با استفاده از تخمین دو مدل لجستیک و به دست آوردن ضریب همبستگی میان تقاضای بیمه درمان تکمیلی و رخداد خسارت به بررسی موضوع مورد نظر پرداخته شده است....