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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 September 2019
      27 March 2006
      ISBN:
      9781107051041
      9780521852807
      9781107642751
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107051041
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.538kg, 314 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 314 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Law: General Interest, Medico-Legal, Bioethics and Health Law, Law
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    Law: General Interest, Medico-Legal, Bioethics and Health Law, Law
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    In America, in direct response to indefinite delays on the national transplantation waitlists and an inadequate supply of organs, a growing number of terminally ill Americans are turning to international underground markets and coordinators or brokers for organs. Chinese inmates on death-row and the economically disadvantaged in India and Brazil are the often compromised co-participants in the private negotiation process, which occurs outside the legal process - or in the shadows of law. These individuals supply kidneys and other organs for Americans and other Westerners willing to shop and pay in the private process. This book contends that exclusive reliance on the present altruistic tissue and organ procurement processes in the United States is not only rife with problems, but also improvident. The author explores how the altruistic approach leads to a 'black market' of organs being harvested from Third World individuals as well as compelled donations from children and incompetent persons.

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    'Black Markets is a fascinating look at an issue fraught with social, ethical, and legal challenges. Michele Goodwin is an academic, and her work reads as such, with a plethora of sources and statistics to back up her assertions … Black Markets is a useful addition to any academic law library’s collection on health care law.'

    Stephanie Karnosh - Reference Librarian, McMillan LLP

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