Organ Trafficking Crackdown Treats Symptoms Not The Disease

BMI View: A lack of altruistic donors, vulnerable victims, poor regulation and large rewards are driving the organ transplant business in the Middle East. Tougher regulations are likely to push the practice further underground but a regulated trade in body parts, which would offer donors better protection, is seen as unethical. If governments could be persuaded of the advantages of a regulated compensation scheme there could be an increase in successful transplants and a fall in the demand for life support devices such as dialysis

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