Bioethics

Caplan on Selling Organs

By Arthur Caplan Check out Art Caplan‘s new op-ed “Why Selling Kidneys Still Won’t Work” over at NBCNews: If the price was right, would you sell your kidney to someone who desperately needs a transplant? A new article by Canadian researchers argues that payment could increase the scarce supply of kidneys available for those in…

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By Arthur Caplan

Check out Art Caplan‘s new op-ed “Why Selling Kidneys Still Won’t Work” over at NBCNews:

If the price was right, would you sell your kidney to someone who desperately needs a transplant? A new article by Canadian researchers argues that payment could increase the scarce supply of kidneys available for those in need. I am not convinced.

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  • Art Caplan

    Art Caplan is a bioethicist and has been a long time Bill of Health contributor. He is the Director of the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Medical Center