Radical actions to address UK organ shortage, enacting Iran's paid donation programme: A discussion paper.

This article discusses whether paid living unrelated donation in Iran increases riskier donations and reduced altruistic donation as opponents of paid donation claim. The paper debates whether objections to paid donation based upon commodification arguments only oppose enabling financial ends, even if these ends enable beneficent acts. Discussions in relation to whether valid consent can be given by the donor will take place and will also debate the objection that donors will be coerced and exploited by a paid model. This article suggests that exploitation of the paid donor within the Iranian model exists within the legally permitted framework. However, paid living kidney donation should be discussed further and other models of paid donation considered in the United Kingdom as a radical means of increasing donation. PMID: 30791854 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nursing Ethics - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Nurs Ethics Source Type: research