organ sales
Black market transplants
Organ sales refers to the commercial trade of human organs for transplantation.
The practice is illegal in most countries, though a global black market exists due to chronic shortages of donated organs.
Debates around organ sales pit concerns about exploitation of the poor against arguments that regulated markets could save lives: Some economists advocate legalizing organ sales to reduce transplant waiting lists.
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- kidneyBlood-filtering organ
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- black marketIllicit trading system
- back alleyPassage behind buildings
trafficking · human cargo · donor · recipient · illegal · harvest · underground · desperate · life or death · surgery · waiting list · exploitation · poverty · third world · broker · smuggling · under the table · no questions asked
- dilemmasdilemma, moral dilemma, ethical dilemma, tough call, lesser evil
- legalizationmarijuana legalization, cannabis legalization, decriminalization, drug decriminalization, legislative reform
- Science Debatesclimate change, global warming, evolution debate, vaccine safety, creationism
organ salesorgan donation
Gifting body parts for transplant
gift of life · charitable giving · blood donation · tissue donation · donor registry
organ, sale, organs, organic, organically, organism, organisms, organize, organized