PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brecher, B
TI  - Buying human kidneys: autonomy, commodity and power.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.17.2.99
DP  - 1991 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 99--99
VI  - 17
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/17/2/99.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/17/2/99.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1991 Jun 01; 17
AB  - Buttle&#039;s reply to my objections to buying kidneys is helpful but unconvincing in two respects. Doing something freely leaves quite open the possibility that one is thereby making a commodity of a person; and the effects of institutionalising such a practice is itself a matter for concern. And while his emphasis on &#039;power&#039; is important, the concept is hardly less problematic than &#039;commodification&#039;.