Volume 50, Number 16 · October 23, 2003
The Organ Market
By David J. Rothman, Sheila M. Rothman
The body part that accounts for most sales of organs throughout the world is the kidney. As entire populations have become older, the number of patients with kidney disease that can lead to death has dramatically increased. Dialysis machines extend the lives of many of them. But some patients for medical reasons are unable to continue on dialysis or, as is often the case in developing countries, they do not have access to such expensive machines. To survive they must undergo a kidney transplant—if they can get a kidney.
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