More than 7,000 people die each year in the United States as a direct result of the faulty system established to procure organs for transplants. Despite the success of transplant technology, the number of patients on waiting lists has continued to grow.

These...

More than 7,000 people die each year in the United States as a direct result of the faulty system established to procure organs for transplants. Despite the success of transplant technology, the number of patients on waiting lists has continued to grow.

These...

David L. Kaserman and A. H. Barnett isolate the procurement issue from all others and make a compelling and persuasive case for markets in cadaveric organs.

The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 should be changed or repealed to allow markets for transplant organs to form.

Experts make acompelling and persuasive case for markets in human organs.

Contrary to John Edwards's populist rhetoric, the United States performs more organ transplants per capita than countries with single-payer health care systems, with better outcomes.

Organ transplantation, like many areas of medicine, provides a poor basis fora political thesis that single-payer health care offers a more equitable allocation of scarce resources.