Remove financial barriers to organ donation, experts say

By Randi Belisomo (Reuters Health) - Taking the financial burden of organ donation off the shoulders of donors and their families is not only more fair, but it might also lead to more organs for transplant, experts say - and they urge Americans to find ethical ways to get rid of financial “disincentives” to organ donation. In addition to removal of financial barriers, they would also like to see careful consideration and testing of potential financial incentives for organ donation. The group published its recommendations in a paper in the American Journal of Transplantation. “Every person in the chain of an organ donation, except one, profits,” said Daniel Salomon, an author of the paper and the medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program at Scripps Health in San Diego.



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