CEE: Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues: Should we Allow a Market for Transplant Organs?

After completing this lesson teachers will be able to:

• Compare and contrast the three ethical frameworks to help eliminate the shortage of transplant organs
• Critique at least two current methods to allocate kidneys (donation only or an open market)
• Select and support a particular method to allocate a scarce resource such as kidneys using the economic way of thinking together with the ethical frameworks discussed in this lesson