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Susie Besselman

Professor Coco

English 1001

1 May 2018

Annotated Bibliography

Becker, Gary. "Allowing the Sale of Organs Will Increase the Number of Donations." Organ

Donation, edited by Laura Egendorf, Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing

Viewpoints In Context,

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010652211/OVIC?u=lap36mtcarmel&sid=OVIC&xid=8

c029355. Accessed 13 Apr. 2018.

Prior to his death in May of 2014, Gary Becker was a noble prize winner and a professor

of economics at the University of Chicago. Becker described how the current altruistic system is

impractical because of the lack of financial compensation for donors. He concluded that the

easiest solution would be to offer the donors monetary compensation. In doing so, the donors

would have an incentive to give their organs thus increasing the supply. Becker went on to

estimate the possible value of livers and kidneys. He estimated that a liver would be worth

approximately $15,000 and a kidney would be worth somewhere near $35,000. This source will

be useful to explain the economic benefits behind the legalization of an organ market.

Cherry, Mark. "The Regulated Sale of Organs for Transplant Is Ethical." Biomedical Ethics, edited

by Viqi Wagner, Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints In

Context,

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010112288/OVIC?u=lap36mtcarmel&sid=OVIC&xid=f5

60b5a8. Accessed 13 Apr. 2018.

Mark Cherry is bioethicist and a professor of philosophy at St. Edwards University in

Austin, Texas. He is famously known for his novel Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs,

Transplantation, and the Market. Cherry explains how the loss of 6,000 lives annually is tragic,

especially when those deaths were preventable. If there was a higher supply in organs, each one

of those individuals would not have had to die. He goes on to explain how to develop a system

that maximizes fairness while minimizing ethical abuse. The journal ends on the somber note- as

we fail to develop a regulated system, thousands of patients will continue to suffer and wait until

there is no time left. This source will be extremely helpful for explaining how the regulated sale

of organs is ethical because of it being written from a bioethicist’s standpoint.

“Data.” United Network for Organ Sharing, https://unos.org/data/

Gregory, Anthony. "The Selling of Organs Should be Legalized." Organ Donation, edited by Laura

Egendorf, Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints In Context,

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010652235/OVIC?u=lap36mtcarmel&sid=OVIC&xid=7

621a7df. Accessed 13 Apr. 2018.

Anthony Gregory is a research editor at the Independent Institute, a think tank based in

California. Several of his works, including this, have been published in The Atlantic. Gregory

explains how a legalized market is the best solution to the dire organ shortage. Furthermore, a

legalized market would unintentionally deter black market activity. The black market is

intentionally confusing because of the illegal transactions happening. This had made it hard to

find substantial research; however, this source will be especially useful to explain organ

transplantations from within the black market.

McAndrews, Megan, et al. "Legalizing Saving Lives: A Proposition for the Organ Market." Insights

to a Changing World Journal, vol. 2016, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 180-191. EBSCOhost,

libezp.lib.lsu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=

117152611&site=eds-live&scope=site&profile=eds-main.

Walter E. Block, a professor at Loyola University New Orleans who currently holds the

Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics, and Megan McAndrews, his

head research assistant, explain how introducing organs as a marketable good would increase the

supply and offset the demand resulting in the most beneficial trade for both parties, the donor

and the recipient. In order to do so, the authors explain the potential issues of coercion and how

to prevent coercion, the black-market organ trafficking, and the United States’ current legal

market while comparing it to Iran’s current legal market. This article will be particularly useful

for comparing our current system with what is likely the world’s only successful organ market

that includes monetary compensation.

Monti, Jennifer. "The Sale of Human Organs Should Be Allowed." Is Selling Body Parts Ethical?

edited by Christine Watkins, Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints In Context,

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010608215/OVIC?u=lap36mtcarmel&sid=OVIC&xid=fc

f83d66. Accessed 13 Apr. 2018.

Jennifer Monti is accredited with both a medical and master’s degree in public health.

She has been published in academic journals and has been recognized by the New York Times

and the American Association of Medical Colleges. Monti provides a brief, yet strong argument

on why the sale of human organs should be allowed. The article includes a broad range of

subtopics that include but are not limited to: The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984
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(NOTA), black market organ trafficking, dialysis and it’s cost on taxpayers, the United Network

for Organ Sharing (UNOS), how the demand of organs obnoxiously outweigh the supply, proven

and accurate medical statistics, Iran’s Organ System, and how placing value on an organ would

not be exploitive towards the poor. This article will be an extremely useful resource in my

inquiry because it provides credible information on every aspect of the organ trade.