RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prize, not price: reframing rewards for kidney donors
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP e57
OP e57
DO 10.1136/medethics-2020-106172
VO 47
IS 12
A1 Aksel Braanen Sterri
YR 2021
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/47/12/e57.abstract
AB Worldwide 1.2 million people are dying from kidney failure each year, and in the USA alone, approximately 100 000 people are currently on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. One possible solution to the kidney shortage is for governments to pay donors for one of their healthy kidneys and distribute these kidneys according to need. There are, however, compelling objections to this government-monopsony model. To avoid these objections, I propose a small adjustment to the model. I suggest we reward kidney sellers with both money and a ceremony that celebrates their noble act. They should, in other words, receive a prize rather than a price.There are no data in this work.