1st Edition

The International Trafficking of Human Organs A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Edited By Leonard Territo, Rande Matteson Copyright 2012
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

International illicit trade in human organs is on the increase, fueled by growing demand and unscrupulous traffickers. In order to truly understand the problem of organ trafficking, an analysis should take into account the various perspectives that come into play in this multifaceted issue. With contributions from international scholars and experts, The International Trafficking of Human Organs:... Read more

A Criminal Justice Perspective. Trafficking in Body Parts. China Profit$ from Prisoners: Organ Procurement and the Ethical Issue of Consent. Trafficking in Human Organs in Europe: A Myth or an Actual Threat? A Business and Economic Perspective. A Free Market for Human Organs. Karnataka’s Unabating Kidney Trade. To Solve a Deadly Shortage: Economic Incentives for Human Organ Donation. A Free Market for Kidneys: Options, Futures, Forward, and Spot. A Medical, Ethical, and Philosophical Perspective. Medical Tourism: Organ Trafficking and Kidney Transplantation. Body Values: The Case against Compensating for Transplant Organs. Autonomy, Constraining Options, and Organ Sales. Markets and the Needy: Organ Sales or Aid? Selling Bits and Pieces of Humans to Make Babies: The Gift of the Magi Revisited. A Theological Perspective. A Catholic Perspective on Organ Sales. Body Parts and the Marketplace: Insights from Thomistic Philosophy. The Commercialization of Human Body Parts: A Reappraisal from a Protestant Perspective. Index.

Biography

Dr. Leonard Territo and Dr. Rande W. Matteson are with the Department of Criminal Justice at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida.