Was Jahi McMath’s Case Preventable?
While coverage of Jahi McMath’s case usually focuses on what happened after her catastrophic brain injury, the events leading up to her procedure warrant just as much attention.
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Organ Donation
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The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors
Our current system is failing dramatically because altruism isn’t a sufficiently motivating force to give up an organ. We need to test incentives, to reward people who are willing to save the life of a stranger through donation.
What Do I Have to Do, Sell a Kidney?
A new HBO documentary, Tales From the Organ Trade, takes viewers deep inside a black market of body harvesters.
Sarah Versus the Data
When a child is deemed suitable for an adult organ transplant, why are they put at the end of the donation line?