The current issue of making human kidneys a commodity is a hot topic in the medical world. With much controversy between different sides, many questions on legality and ethics arise. Because it is currently illegal for human living donors to sell a kidney, there is no control over its regulations, payments, and even healthcare for those that endure the procedure. For this reason, governments should legally regulate kidney sales and even have doctors suggest it in some cases.
[...] In addition, he views that being a surrogate mother is more dangerous to the body than donating a kidney.” One statement Scheper-Hughes makes that is agreeable is that making body parts a commodity “involves the corruption of the medical profession, with doctors intentionally harming one population, normally the poor, and turning them into bags of spare parts.” However, isn't giving blood for a few dollars the same as selling a kidney, even though blood is in abundance? There are many more procedures that include entering the body that can create a much greater risk to the human body than the act of giving an organ to another to save a life. [...]
[...] Human kidneys as a commodity The current issue of making human kidneys a commodity is a hot topic in the medical world. With much controversy between different sides, many questions on legality and ethics arise. Because it is currently illegal for human living donors to sell a kidney, there is no control over its regulations, payments, and even healthcare for those that endure the procedure. For this reason, governments should legally regulate kidney sales and even have doctors suggest it in some cases. [...]
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