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Analysis Of Sally Satel's Article Organs For Sale

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In 2006, about one year after Sally Satel received a kidney for a transplant, she wrote the article “Organs for Sale.” The article is very factual and filled with data and evidence to support all of Satel’s ideas. It is clear to the readers that Satel has spent an abundant amount of time researching information to support her concepts in the article. The article as a whole shows authority, accuracy, and is a well-written essay that is easy to understand and enjoyable to read. The article does lack objectivity due to bias, but Satel’s information and ideas are all supported and well explained which leads to a quality article. In the essay, Satel’s thesis is defined by her focus on the belief that people should be compensated in some way for donating organs in order to increase the number of organs donated for transplants. Organ donations need to increase because many people are dying while waiting for a transplant, and Satel believes that compensation could bring in more donors which could decrease the amount of deaths on the waiting list for a transplant. Satel’s article focuses on ways that compensation could be used to increase organ donors. Satel also mentions how compensation for organs brings up …show more content…

Satel was looking for a donor when she needed a kidney transplant, and she found a man on MatchingDonors.com. Sadly, the donor turned her down six weeks after they matched (Satel 440). Later Satel states that we have “misplaced power of altruism” (440). Since a donor turned her down, she does not have personal faith in altruism and she tries to force her distrust onto the readers. This bias weakens the objectivity in the article because the essay is based on Satel’s belief that altruism is not enough to increase organ donations and compensation is

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