Creation of open market for kidney organs
Introduction
According to the two authors the number of people waiting for kidney donation has recently increased at a very high rate. The 2007 article reveals that only 1700 individuals were seeking for kidney transplant in the year 1990.that number grew so fast to 65000 people waiting for the kidney transplant by start of 2006(Becker& Julio, pg. 10).The prices of organs have been expensive in every aspect and this could only be changed by permitting kidneys to sold and shared by live donors and also eliminating the restrictions concerned with buying of organs from deceased donors.
Becker and Julio analysis on cash for kidney organs
The article cash for kidneys by the two authors give a complete insight on opening a market for kidney organs. The 1984 national organ transplant which assumes the trade of human organs as felony act should be reformed to allow the purchase of these organs. According to the two authors, similar laws have been enacted in different countries globally to prevent the sell and sharing of human organs such kidney. The only country which permits the purchase and sharing of human organs for transplant is the republic of Iran, although different black and grey market exists secretively at different geographical regions across the globe (Becker& Julio, pg. 10). Don't use plagiarised sources.Get your custom essay just from $11/page
Becker argues out that frequent repetition of the statement pleading for kidney transplants by patients and health experts can’t solve the problem. According to Becker there is a need to establish some global policies to control and allow the purchase of human organs for transplant. These policies should look on the laid constraints on the global market restricting the trade of human organs. Some compensation plans to the donors should be drafted and established to create some transparency and openness to this matter (koplin, pg.18).
The decision of kidney purchase and donation should be made based on ethical and clinical matters and not based on clinical and ethical considerations and not financial matters as Becker has argued out. If there was establishment of market for human organs in United States today there will be some emergence of social and economic problems. Unfortunately the health public sector in United States has majored greatly on capitalism. The private sector has dominated the health public sector (Held, et al, pg. 102).
Every health provision in United States seems to be business oriented. Establishing human organ donation on basis of ethical and clinical issues will be irrelevant in United States. A perfect example to this failure is the republic of Iran. The republic of Iran which have open market for human transplant organs such kidney, had previously initiated free kidney transplants in the government hospitals. This was after the government of Iran offered to compensate the total fee asked by the kidney donors.it was just a little while when the government turned down the deal and the patients had now to pay 90% of the cost from their own pocket. This situation seems to be worse here in United States if the same is emulated as in Iran. Vendors in Iran also feel uncomfortable when selling their kidneys. Most of them feel that they are donating their kidneys to drunkards ( sonmez, et al, pg. 626).
Agreement between the two Authors
According to the authors, the only alternative to creating open markets for kidney trading is the increased advertising and campaigns for kidney transplants. Advertisements and campaigns for kidney transplants can be done through the electronic media or through open forums in different institutions. Previously, the department which issues and renews driving licenses in United States had a good advertisement strategy of kidney donation. Each and every time one appeared for license renewal, there was an option for kidney donation. However tis was done poorly since sometimes they failed to list those who were willing to donate kidney in the donors list (Held, et al, pg.102).
In order to lower the donor waiting list, the public health sector needs to enact a strong opt in system for listing willing donors. This opt in system will list the people who are willing to donate their kidney after their death. It’s easy for this type of donors to convince them to donate two kidneys not even one (Becker& Julio, pg. 10)
Conclusion
We should not reject the option of establishing an open market for kidney purchasing, although there is a lot to be done in terms of policies and the required data and information. There is a need to form a long -lived compensation plan for the kidney donors. Kidney donors should be handled and treated equal wise to the kidney recipients. This kind of relationship should start as soon as possible with those who are currently donating. Most importantly we need to change the form of outsourcing kidneys for transplants to opt- out method which easier to administrate and manage effectively. We can opt for open market if the opt-out system fail, though its unstable decision.
Work Cited
Becker, Gary S.,and Julio J.Elias. “Cash for Kidneys: The Case for a Market for Organs.” The Wall Street Journal. January 18, 2014. (6-10), 2017
Cherry, Mark J. Kidney for sale by owner: human organs, transplantation, and the market. Georgetown University Press, 2015.
Held, P. J., F. McCormick, A. Ojo, and J. P. Roberts. “A Cost‐Benefit Analysis of Government Compensation of Kidney Donors.American Journal of Transplantation. October 16, 2015. 2017. (102-04)
Koplin, J. (2014). Assessing the likely harms to kidney vendors in regulated organ markets. The American Journal of Bioethics, 14(10), 7-18.
Sönmez, Tayfun, and M. Utku Ünver. “Market design for living-donor organ exchanges: An economic policy perspective.” Oxford Review of Economic Policy 33.4 (2017): 676-704.