How Far Is Too Far in the Search for Organ Donors?. Carol M. Ostrom.
by Ostrom, Carol M; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 4Human Relations. Publisher: The Seattle Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Clubs | Donation of organs, tissues, etc | Incentive awards | Internet companies | Medical ethics | Organ donors | Sale of organs, tissues, etcDDC classification: 050 Summary: "MatchingDonors.com is among the recent responses to a stark fact: Every year, about 6,000 people in critical need of a transplant die waiting for an organ. Some celebrate such enterprises as creative, entrepreneurial responses to this deadly disparity. Others see them very differently. Critics say they extend false hope to the most vulnerable. Ethicists call them everything from 'naive' to 'truly despicable.'" (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article examines controversial and possibly unethical proposed solutions to increase the number of organ donations.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: How Far Is Too Far in the Search for Organ Donors?, March 29, 2004; pp. n.p..
"MatchingDonors.com is among the recent responses to a stark fact: Every year, about 6,000 people in critical need of a transplant die waiting for an organ. Some celebrate such enterprises as creative, entrepreneurial responses to this deadly disparity. Others see them very differently. Critics say they extend false hope to the most vulnerable. Ethicists call them everything from 'naive' to 'truly despicable.'" (THE SEATTLE TIMES) This article examines controversial and possibly unethical proposed solutions to increase the number of organ donations.
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