The ethics of poverty and the poverty of ethics: the case of Palestinian prisoners in Israel seeking to sell their kidneys in order to feed their children

J Med Ethics. 2007 Aug;33(8):473-4. doi: 10.1136/jme.2006.017855.

Abstract

Bioethical arguments conceal the coercion underlying the choice between poverty and selling ones organs.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Arabs
  • Bioethical Issues
  • Commerce / ethics
  • Humans
  • Israel
  • Kidney Transplantation / ethics*
  • Living Donors* / ethics
  • Poverty / ethics
  • Prisoners*
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement / ethics*