Trafficking in body parts / Leonard Territo and Rande Matteson -- China profit$ from prisoners : organ procurement and the ethical issue of consent / Jessica Neagle -- Trafficking in human organs in Europe : a myth of an actual threat? / Silke Meyer -- A free market for human organs / Megan Clay and Walter Block -- Karnataka's unabating kidney trade / Vidya Ram -- To solve a deadly shortage : economic incentives for human organ donation / Curtis E. Harris and Stephen P. Alcorn -- A free market for kidneys : options, futures, forward, and spot / William Barnett and Michael Saliba -- Medical tourism : organ trafficking and kidney transplantation / Snezana (Ana) Mijovic-Das -- Body values : the case against compensating for transplant organs / Donald Joralemon and Phil Cox -- Autonomy, constraining options, and organ sales / James Stacey Taylor -- Markets and the needy : organ sales or aid? / T.L. Zutlevics -- Selling bits and pieces of humans to make babies : The gift of the Magi revisited / Cynthia B. Cohen -- A Catholic perspective on organ sales / Nicholas Capaldi -- Body parts and the marketplace : insights from Thomistic philosophy / Mark J. Cherry -- The commercialization of human body parts : a reappraisal from a Protestant perspective / Larry Torcello and Stephen Wear.
Summary:
"International illicit trade in human organs is on the increase, fueled by growing demand and unscrupulous traffickers. In order to truly understand the problem of organ trafficking, an analysis should take into account the various perspectives that come into play in this multifaceted issue. With contributions from international scholars and experts, The International Trafficking of Human Organs: A Multidisciplinary Perspective provides a broad-based exploration of this controversial phenomenon. Divided into four parts, the book examines the issue of human organ trafficking from the perspectives of criminal justice; business and economic; medical, ethical, and philosophical; and theological. The book begins by presenting case studies of the trafficking of body parts occurring in the U.S. and Mexico. It examines the increase in organ harvesting from Chinese prisoners and describes widespread instances of trafficking in Europe. Diverse perspectives Next, it examines the economic ramifications of possible legislation of the sale of body parts and discusses other proposals for increasing the supply of kidneys and other organs. It explores ethical issues surrounding the kidney shortage and incentives to promote donation. It also offers arguments for and against compensation for transplant organs from Kantian, Dworkinian, and other perspectives. Lastly, theologians discuss opposing Catholic and Protestant perspectives on the sale of human organs. Learning toolsEach chapter provides discussion questions to provoke vigorous debate and references to facilitate further study. The wide-ranging analysis provided by this volume is certain to enhance further inquiry into a disturbing and increasingly prevalent issue"-- Provided by publisher.
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