When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors

By: Sally Satel

America faces a desperate organ shortage. Today, more than 78,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant; only one in four will receive one this year, while twelve die each day waiting for help. Not surprisingly, many patients are driven to desperate measures to circumvent the eight-year waiting list--renting billboards, advertising in newsletters, or even purchasing an organ on the global black market. Altruism is an admirable but clearly insufficient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084474266X
• ISBN13: 9780844742663
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"