What A Kidney Is Worth, Ctd

by Patrick Appel

Bill Peckham, who is on dialysis himself, presents a criticism of organ markets I've not heard before:

By paying for kidneys you change the system that has developed for the acquisition/transplant of other organs and tissues.

If a kidney from a living donor is worth $20,000, what's a postmortem kidney worth? How much for a postmortem liver? Postmortem donation of hearts, livers, lungs and all manner of other useful tissues rely on altruistic donation. If body parts become...