l. What was the unethical issue(s) identified in the article? Matas (2008) on his proposal to a regulated system of compensation for organ donation argued that providing incentives for kidney donors will increase donations of kidneys available for transplantations, thus, decreases the prevalence of death and suffering from patients waiting for transplantation. In order for the research to be ethical the four core ethical principles such as beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy, and justice should be present (Melnyk et al., p. 515). These principles might be favorable to the recipient but not the donor. The monetary compensation attracts poor and vulnerable people, but not rich people. Due to financial needs compensated organ donation might serve as a quick-fix commodity an unprivileged population, thus, compromise beneficence and autonomy and justice. Living with only one kidney after donation increases vulnerability of already compromised donor therefore violates the principle non-maleficence. …show more content…
There should be no monetary value in every donated organ. Money motivation for organ donation will lead organ commercialism which will then lead to organ trafficking. I recalled growing up in up in the suburb Philippines, my mom never leave as alone outside the house unsupervised, kidnapping for organ harvesting was very rampant during that time. A neighbor kid got pulled inside a black tented van and disappeared for life. Another kid next town disappeared for years and found in neighboring country begging for food in the street blind with only one kidney. Organ trafficking, transplant tourism and transplant commercialism had flourish in poor countries. These unethical practices are, in part, an undesirable consequence of the global shortage of organs for transplantation (CJASN,