Demand definitely outpaces supply. The fact that it is against the law in most countries certainly hasn't stopped people from trading in human organs. We look at the legal, ethical, and economic issues surrounding this booming black market.
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Human Organ Trade
Listen Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005 at 12:06 p.m. in Economy, Health, SocietyGuests
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Director, Organs Watch; also
Professor of Medical Anthropology, University of California - Berkeley
Dan Brock
Professor of medical ethics and Director of the division of medical ethics at Harvard University
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