Should organ donors be paid?

Question

Should living organ donors and family of deceased donors be paid and if so who should pay them, the recipient, recipient's medical insurance or the government? And finally how much should they be paid?

The question reads should LIVING organ donors and FAMILY of deceased organ donors be paid.

Answer 1

The overwhelming majority of living donors are family, friends or at least acquaintances that have gotten to know each other. In some instances of paired exchanges, people are anonymous unless all parties agree to meet.

It is unethical to pay for body parts because there are a lot of complicated issuees (ie. how much is life worth??? what about people who don't have insurance, or who can't afford an organ, don't they have a right to live? etc.).

Answer 2

NO, when I hear about organs being bought from poor people, of course for a low price, and then the middle man sells to the highest bidder....unbelievable. Donor means give to for free. We don't have anything like that in Australia, Many people are waiting for transplants, some can receive from compatible family, others from organ donor deaths, but all are done after much cross matching, and not all compatible even at the last moment, so how could you buy organs, not knowing everything about them.

Answer 3

no, the payment is in knowing that you or your loved one may have saved someone's life.
that's the payment.

however, if there is a situation where someone passed and left their family in debt, then their organs could be harvested for a profit. but, only in this case b/c it's not the family's fault grandpa dave didn't know how to save his pennies...ya know??

then, i think the payment should be from the insurance adjuster directly to the owed party, whether it be a bank or credit agency.

fairly simple, really. the organ could be worth so much $ per square inch. well, that would be a bummer for cornea donations, though....how about a fee based on vitality. if the person was about to die in 3 days without that heart, then the heart is worth X amt. if they had 6 months left, then they'd get a little less.
or it could just be a flat listing price for each organ.
like a heart is the big money maker raking in $10,000 a pop.
then, liver and kidneys could be $5,000 each
and other various items like the aforementioned corneas and skin tissue and maybe just slices of liver could be $1,000 each.

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Answer 4

it is a frustrating one. i imagine an organ donor is mostly a sturdy hearted human being keen to make a sacrifice to likely save yet another human lifestyles, so i might want to ought to assert no, yet I do have self assurance their well being facility bill should be coated to boot as any subject matters that could want to face up down the line.

Answer 5

If they are called "donors", it's because the organ is a donation. So no... i don't think they should be paid.

Answer 6

No. There is a reason they are called DONORS. You don't get paid for donating blood, do you?

Answer 7

People who donate while alive should meet the person they gave an organ for, and the reciever should be greatful and treat them to a meal or something to show their gratitude.

Answer 8

NO..thats why they call it a organ "donor" They chose to become one

Answer 9

How would you pay them if they are dead????
Donor means to give, not have to be compensated, if that was the case, it would be called donor sales...

Answer 10

no, because they are 'donating' futhermore they are dead, and they can't be paid before theyh die, as quite a few peoples organs are not used (evn if they signed up for it) this could be because they were overweight etc. and they ca't go and ask a dead person for their money money lol