RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 If I were a rich man could I sell a pancreas? A study in the locus of oppression
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 109
OP 112
DO 10.1136/jme.2010.039636
VO 37
IS 2
A1 Epstein, M
YR 2011
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/37/2/109.abstract
AB Dan Brock argues that since the unexploitable rich could sell their kidneys too, exploitation could not be an essential feature of organ vending. This paper takes his claim as the point of departure for a discussion on the locus of organ vending-associated oppression. While it accepts Brock's conclusion, it explores the possibility that such oppression is invariably found rather outside the sphere of exchange. It then analyses the implications of this possibility for the discourse surrounding the ethics of organ vending.