Compensating organ donors: commodification or freedom?

Galloway, Kathrine (2013) Compensating organ donors: commodification or freedom? Curl: Property law, women and law, contemporary legal issues, 7 April 2013.

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[Extract] The Commonwealth government has today announced a 'grant' scheme for live organ donors. The scheme will pay live organ donors the minimum wage for six weeks following donation, with the aim of supporting them financially. Such a decision is likely to ignite the debate over the morality of payment for 'transactions' involving the human body. There are two sides to this debate: the risk of commodification of the human; and the freedom and autonomy of donors to choose how they deal with their body.

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Curl: Property law, women and law, contemporary legal issues is the blog of Kate Galloway and is available at http://katgallow.blogspot.com.au/ (3 April 2014)

Date Deposited: 03 Apr 2014 02:33
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