{"product_id":"9780844742663","title":"When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica faces a desperate organ shortage. Today, more than 78,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant; only one in four will receive one this year, while twelve die each day waiting for help. Not surprisingly, many patients are driven to desperate measures to circumvent the eight-year waiting list—renting billboards, advertising in newsletters, or even purchasing an organ on the global black market. Altruism is an admirable but clearly insufficient motivation for would-be donors. What can be done to solve the kidney crisis? Reward organ donors for their remarkable gifts. Noncash benefits to people who donate to a desperate stranger will motivate others to do the same, increase the national supply of kidneys, and reduce needless death and suffering. When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors explores the key ethical, theoretical, and practical concerns of a government-regulated donor compensation program. It is the first book to describe how such a system could be designed to be ethically permissible, economically justifiable, and pragmatically achievable. Altruism is a beautiful virtue, but relying on it as the sole impetus for organ donation ensures that thousands of people will continue to die each year while waiting for kidney transplants\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aei Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012219551984,"sku":"9780844742663","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780844742663_p0.jpg?v=1763753927","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780844742663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}