Status Updates From Trading Life: Organ Traffic...

"Contrary to the “gif t of life” rhetoric espoused by the international trans-plant community, organ donation in Egypt (and many other countries) is not viewed as a heroic or altruistic act."

The world how it is.

"Notwithstanding the therapeutic benef i ts of transplanta-tion, the development of transplant capabilities is not an altogether altruistic endeavor. Rather, the expansion of the transplant industry is part of a wider trend of medical tourism and commercialized health care".

"It is economic pressures and the demands of survival rather than traf f i ckers that force people into exploit-ative arrangements (i.e., organ sale) that they would otherwise avoid." (...)The discursive framing of the organ trade as a trafficking issue has diverted critical attention away from the structural factors that under-pin the organ trade."