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Offering more without offering compensation: non-compensating benefits for living kidney donors.

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Fruh, K; Duman, EK
Published in: Medicine, health care, and philosophy
December 2021

While different positions on the permissibility of organ markets enjoy support, there is widespread agreement that some benefits to living organ donors are acceptable and do not raise the same moral concerns associated with organ markets, such as exploitation and commodification. We argue on the basis of two distinctions that some benefit packages offered to donors can defensibly surpass conventional reimbursement while stopping short of controversial cash payouts. The first distinction is between benefits that defray the costs of donating an organ and benefits that incentivize donation by offering something in excess of defraying. The second distinction is between benefits that compensate donors and benefits that are non-compensating. We argue that non-compensating benefits are innocent of moral concerns typically associated with controversial cash payouts, and thus may be a morally promising avenue for increasing rates of kidney donation to address the tragic results of undersupply.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Medicine, health care, and philosophy

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EISSN

1572-8633

ISSN

1386-7423

Publication Date

December 2021

Volume

24

Issue

4

Start / End Page

711 / 719

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue and Organ Procurement
  • Motivation
  • Morals
  • Living Donors
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Kidney
  • Humans
  • Commodification
  • Applied Ethics
  • 5001 Applied ethics
 

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Fruh, K., & Duman, E. K. (2021). Offering more without offering compensation: non-compensating benefits for living kidney donors. Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy, 24(4), 711–719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-021-10034-3
Fruh, Kyle, and Ege K. Duman. “Offering more without offering compensation: non-compensating benefits for living kidney donors.Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy 24, no. 4 (December 2021): 711–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-021-10034-3.
Fruh K, Duman EK. Offering more without offering compensation: non-compensating benefits for living kidney donors. Medicine, health care, and philosophy. 2021 Dec;24(4):711–9.
Fruh, Kyle, and Ege K. Duman. “Offering more without offering compensation: non-compensating benefits for living kidney donors.Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy, vol. 24, no. 4, Dec. 2021, pp. 711–19. Epmc, doi:10.1007/s11019-021-10034-3.
Fruh K, Duman EK. Offering more without offering compensation: non-compensating benefits for living kidney donors. Medicine, health care, and philosophy. 2021 Dec;24(4):711–719.
Journal cover image

Published In

Medicine, health care, and philosophy

DOI

EISSN

1572-8633

ISSN

1386-7423

Publication Date

December 2021

Volume

24

Issue

4

Start / End Page

711 / 719

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue and Organ Procurement
  • Motivation
  • Morals
  • Living Donors
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Kidney
  • Humans
  • Commodification
  • Applied Ethics
  • 5001 Applied ethics