Articles
Below you will find articles by rabbis, doctors and scholars about the halachic and medical issues surrounding brain-stem death and organ donation. Some articles are pro organ donation and some are con. We believe by showing all positions, we can allow the public to judge for themselves where they stand on these issues.
- Title: Should organ donors be paid?
Author: Braverman Puma, Amy
Publication: U Chicago Magazine
Year: 2007
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The second article featured in this newsletter, “Should Organ Donors Be Paid?” allows members of the University of Chicago’s faculty to weigh in on the debate for organ sales. Business professor, Gary Becker, believes that only the government has enough authority to establish a regulated system to buy and distribute organs. He estimates the cost to be $15,000 for a kidney and $35,000 for a liver, which should not add significantly to the cost of transplants. Law professor, Richard Epstein, believes the payments could change the doctor-patient relationship and attract a riskier group. Transplant surgeon, Dr. Thistlethwaite, opposes any system because it would be exploitative of the poor. Opinions are clearly divided, with Epstein claiming, “ethics demands the US try a market system” and Thistlethwaite countering that the ethical justification for doing this to people doesnt exist. The final voice, Janet Rowley, a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, does not believe the system is likely to be developed soon unless the list gets so big that its politically effective, or if someone whos a big name dies waiting for a transplant.~~ - Title: The Law of Organ Donation 2008 (Hebrew)
Author: The State of Israel
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Brain Death Law 2008 (Hebrew)
Author: The State of Israel
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: On The Transplantation Law (Hebrew)
Author: Agudat Adi
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: The question of organ transplantation (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Law of living organ donation to save another
Author: Rabbi Gideon Perel
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: It’s a big mitzvah to donate organs (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Shlomo Aviner
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Is there a duty to sign a donor card? (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Reem Cohen
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Organ Donation (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Yaacov Varhapatig
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Image of G-d and the question of organ transplantion (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Yitzchak Shilat
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Life-saving organ donation after the donor’s death (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Yoel Bin Nun
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Organ transplantation when it’s non-life-saving (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Yuval Sherlow
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Organ donation: Privilege or duty? (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Laws determining the moment of death and halachic implications (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Shlomo Amar
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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- Title: Judgement of organs and transplanted devices in the body apropos burial, gratification and ownership (Hebrew)
Author: Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi Doron
Publication: Binyan Ariel
Year: 2009~~
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