Organ transplant a rich man’s treatment

Organ transplant a rich man’s treatment

1. Incidences of organ donation without explicit consent.

• Organ transplant from executed inmates.
• Organ-trafficking

1. Taking advantage of poverty to perpetuate illegal-organ transplant

• Luring and conning the poor
• Expensive organ transplant limiting the ability of poor people to afford organ transplant
• Hypothesis
• Medical-related organizations have turned a blind eye to an illegal organ transplant due to capital benefits.

Danovitch, G. M., Shapiro, M. E., & Lavee, J. (2011). The use of executed prisoners as a source of organ transplants in China must stop. American Journal of Transplantation, 11(3), 426-428.

This journal explores the international ethical standards and fairness in the use of executed prisoner’s organs in countries like China. It is one of the many journals published by the American Journal of Transportation to highlight the exploitation of executed prisoners’ organs. The journal puts more emphasis on the exploitation of the prisoners, who are mostly deemed poor, to raise ethical concerns that are associated with organ transplants. The literature pursues unacceptable practices that have been formulated regarding organ transplant and their effects on the less fortunate. I will make use of this resource to explore the exploitation of the less fortunate in conjunction with social equity as far as organ transplant is concerned

Lundin, S. (2012). Organ economy: Organ trafficking in Moldova and Israel. Public Understanding of Science, 21(2), 226-241.

This article discusses the frequent occurrence of organ trafficking in Israel and Moldova. It calls to attention the illegal activities that have been put in place to curb the problem of transplants shortage. The article lists poverty, medical needs, and criminality as the prime facilitators of organ trafficking. The literature of this source will facilitate adequate information on how organ transplant has been compromised by poverty. The article will act as a crucial tool for analyzing the ethical concept of organ transplants and its effect on the social structure.

Bilefsky, D. (2012). Black market for body parts spreads among the poor in Europe. New York Times, 28, 1-3.

This article brings into attention the role of poverty in the perpetuation of the black market across different nations in Europe. The article explains the social imbalance in organ transplants as a result of poverty. The paper explains the social-inequity where the elites take advantage of the poor. The malpractices involved include; luring, conmanship, and inflated costs of organ transplants, which make the less-fortunate victims’ treatment a nightmare. I will utilize this literature to explain how poverty has constrained the poor people in the society to engage in the black market for body organs.

Rippon, S. (2014). Imposing options on people in poverty: the harm of a live donor organ market. Journal of medical ethics, 40(3), 145-150.

This article discusses the validity of the organ market from poor living donors. Again, the authors of this paper bring into attention the plight of the poor people in society. Injustices, inequity, and equality are significant factors in question as far as the validation is concerned. The author goes on to argue that the poor will be subjected to severe dangers upon its introduction of the market, thereby raising social concerns.

Laurentine, K. A., & Bramstedt, K. A. (2010). Too poor for transplant: finance and insurance issues in transplant ethics. Progress in Transplantation, 20(2), 178-185.

The paper pursues the scarcity of donor organs in different parts of the world, including the United States. This literature also goes on to explain the inflated cost of organ transplantation. The two factors combined explain the social injustices that the poor people are subjected to. This article will be utilized to explain how different social status are granted access to organ transplant treatment unevenly.