I was just boggling to know that this does exist. So I took it upon myself to do some research and I found out that not only is this happening but some want it to be legalize. So I found this article in NewsWeek that talk about human trafficking and the author we read today for class, Scheper-Hughes.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/178873
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This is so scary to me! It seems that this problem is something that is not going to ever go away. There is always going to be more people in need of organs than there are organs available. It is sad to think of all the people affected in a negative way and sometimes even killed for organ trafficking. I found an interesting quote as well in the reading on this in our book..." patients, their families, and even surgeons will sometimes look the other way, rather than asking where the organ came from...". I wonder if surgeons in the US are guilty of this too, because I would think they would need documentation to be able to do a transplant.
ReplyDeleteSay an organ comes up for donation and you are next on the list for that organ, so it should go to you. If someone who was not even on the list, and extremely rich, found out about this donation could they pay for the organ or in the case of the deceased, pay the family?
ReplyDeleteIs this a possible situation? Or is everything regarding organ transplants in hospitals kept secret and more or less free of corruption and greed?