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The Law and Economics of Organ Procurement*

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents an economic analysis of the organ procurement system in the U.S. and examines proposals to alleviate the shortage of transplantable organs. The paper's principal conclusions are: (1) Although non‐market solutions deserve the highest priority, demand increases fueled by improvements in transplant technology will probably make some market‐based solution necessary in the future. (2) Quality deterioration and coercion will not necessarily be worrisome problems under a market‐based procurement system.

Source: Law & Policy

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1990.tb00047.x

Author: KEITH N. HYLTON

Institutions: Northwestern University, Harvard University, American Bar Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1970765435

FWCI: 0.527

Cites: 42

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10