FOR A PERIOD of over five years, I worked in various capacities for the United Nations
Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and the United Nations Office on Drugs …

Ever since organ donation became clinically feasible, there have not been enough organs to
go around. Figure 1 shows the rate of change from a base value in 1995 through 2008, of …

The legislation called the Transplantation of Human Organ Act (THO) was passed in India in
1994 to streamline organ donation and transplantation activities. Broadly, the act accepted …

Paid donation, regulated or commercial, leads to coercion and exploitation of the poor and
benefits the rich. This situation has forestalled deceased donor program and hence other …

In theory, a commercial market for kidneys could increase the scarce supply of
transplantable organs and give impoverished people a new way to lift themselves out of …

The organ trafficking market is on the rise worldwide. Numerous unfortunate stories of
networks of brokers, physicians, and hospitals engaged in illegal trade have been featured …

Recent debates about uses and abuses of the human body in medicine have highlighted the
need for a thorough discussion of the ethics of the uses of bodies, both living and dead …

The experience in the Philippines mirrored those in India and Pakistan where paid donors
reported poor outcomes. An effective national kidney disease prevention program and the …

Countries throughout Asia promote themselves as leading destinations for international
travelers seeking inexpensive healthcare. India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the …

Opponents of commerce in organs sometimes appeal to Kant's Formula of Humanity to
justify their position. Kant implies that anyone who sells an integral part of his body violates …