BMJ  2006;333 (7 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7571.0-c

Living organ donors should be paid

Controlled, regulated compensation to living organ donors should be permitted as with donation of other body material, says Amy Friedman (p 746). In the light of severe organ shortages, desperation among people awaiting transplantation, and black markets for kidneys purchased from living donors, she questions why everyone but the donor derives tangible benefit from a living donor transplant. She then discusses how regulation and payment should work in a legalised system to guarantee equitable access.

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Payment for living organ donation should be legalised

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