Essay - In Order to Discuss the Mechanisms Associated with the Sale...

In order to discuss the mechanisms associated with the sale of human organs, we must first suspend some of the ethical and moral issues that surround this idea. We already know that ***** need or in economic terms the demand for ***** organs suitable for transplant greatly exceeds the supply. It is also likely that a black market exists ***** the sale of human organs, and that wealthy people are the primary beneficiaries.

Organizations such as the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) work with the families of certain terminally ill or injured patients to try to convince people to voluntarily donate *****ir ********** after death ***** live patients. A single donor can help literally dozens ***** people with various tissue ***** organ donation including skin, corne*****, and heart, lungs, *****r ***** kidney **********. *****ccording to Cory SerVaas, the United Net***** ***** Organ ***** (UNOS) is a nonprofit organization that operates the nation's 24-hour computerized organ-sharing system and works to increase organ *****. He adds that decisions made about allocation of donated *****s are made on the basis of the need of the patient rather on the wealth of the ***** (SerVaas, 36).

***** this paper, we ***** asked ***** consider ***** straightforward mechanisms of ***** ***** ***** in establishing a ***** for healthy organs needed for transplantation. Undoubtedly there are incidences around the world in which ***** but poor individuals might be willing to sell an organ, such as a kidney, for cash. The ethics of harvesting this ***** and transplanting it are questionable at best.

*****, in this case study, we are asked to consider a mech*****nism ***** would provide financial incentives for family members with the legal authority to permit the harvesting for sale of organs post mortem. Clearly, ***** are medical ethical dilemmas th***** would need to be addressed, such as whe*****r doctors would be willing to participate in the transplant ***** a purchased organ to an individual ***** enough ***** convince an individual sell human organs. The ethical issue is that currently organs ***** assigned to patients based on how medically necessary ***** transplant has become.

***** UNOS organization maintains a priority list for transplants based on the medical condition of the prospective recipient. The idea ***** a person jumping to the head of the queue because *****y could afford to acquire an org***** for ***** is ethically difficult to justify. As a result, ***** doctors specializing in transplantation would certainly refuse to perform ***** type of ***** procedure.

***** prem*****e behind the law ***** supply and demand suggests that at a price, everything is for sale. Th***** may or may not be true as it rel*****es ***** ***** organs.

For example, there may be religious re*****ons why a potential donor or their medical decision maker might refuse to sell ***** organs. There is also an emotional content ***** the suggestion that organs can or should ***** sold to the highest bidder. It seems unlikely that the family members of a dying p*****tient would want