Sally Satel

M.D., Resident Scholar at AEI

Psychiatrist at the Oasis Clinic in Washington, D.C.

Satel was an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale University from 1988 to 1993. She has written widely in academic journals on topics in psychiatry, is the author of “PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine” (2001), and is co-author of “One Nation under Therapy” (2005). Now, she is editing a book on donor compensation (AEI Press), an interest dating to 2006, when she received a kidney from a friend.

Debates Featuring Sally Satel

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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