James F. Childress

Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics at the University of Virginia

Childress directs the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life. He is the author of numerous articles and several books in bioethics, including, with Tom L. Beauchamp, “Principles of Biomedical Ethics (6th edition forthcoming in 2008).” Childress was vice chair of the national Task Force on Organ Transplantation and has also served on the Board of Directors of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). He chaired the Institute of Medicine Committee that produced the report, “Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action” (2006).

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We Should Legalize the Market for Human Organs

With James F. Childress, Lloyd R. Cohen, Francis L. Delmonico, Amy L. Friedman, David Rothman, Sally Satel

May 13, 2008

Though organ transplantation has become a life-saving marvel of modern medicine, the donor waitlist is substantially longer than the supply, and many patients die before they can be treated. Thus, proponents claim, creating an economic incentive for organ donation will save lives. Others, however, argue that allowing the sale of harvested organs would decrease equity of access between the rich and poor and foster an illicit organ trade in developing nations. Should we legalize the market for human organs?

We Should Legalize the Market for Human Organs

With James F. Childress, Lloyd R. Cohen, Francis L. Delmonico, Amy L. Friedman, David Rothman, Sally Satel

May 13, 2008

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