The Price of Life: $50,000 for an Egg, Why Not $1,500 for a Kidney? An Argument to Establish a Market for Organ Procurement Similar to the Current Market for Human Egg Procurement

Margaret R. Sobota

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The Price of Life: $50,000 for an Egg, Why Not $1,500 for a Kidney? An Argument to Establish a Market for Organ Procurement Similar to the Current Market for Human Egg Procurement

Author: Margaret R. Sobota (Washington University School of Law)

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Keywords: Donation of organs, tissues, etc., Law & economics, Health care industry, Reproductive technology, Oocyte donation, Organ transplantation, Tissue donation, National Organ Transplant Act of 1984

How to Cite: Sobota, M. (2004) “The Price of Life: $50,000 for an Egg, Why Not $1,500 for a Kidney? An Argument to Establish a Market for Organ Procurement Similar to the Current Market for Human Egg Procurement”, Washington University Law Review. 82(3).