Human organs from prisoners: kidneys for life

• Published in: Journal of medical ethics Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 171 - 175
• Main Author: de Castro, L D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics 01.06.2003; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Analysis; Atonement; Attitude to Health; Bioethics; Blood & organ donations; Capital punishment; Christianity; Coercion; Compensation; Criminal justice; Criminal sentences; Criminals; Decision Making; Donation of organs, tissues, etc; Ethical aspects; ethics; Government regulation; Humans; Kidney transplantation; Kidney Transplantation - ethics; Kidneys; Laws, regulations and rules; Medical ethics; Motivation; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Original; Philippines; Prisoners; Prisoners - psychology; Prisoners' rights; Prisons; Proposals; Public Opinion; Sentence commutation; Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics; Tissue donation; Tissue transplantation; Transplantation; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc; Transplants & implants; vulnerability; Vulnerable Populations; Philippines; United States; Health Care and Public Health

A proposal to allow prisoners to save their lives or to be eligible for commutation of sentence by donating kidneys for transplantation has been a subject of controversy in the Philippines. Notwithstanding the vulnerabilities associated with imprisonment, there are good reasons for allowing organ do...