truthfinder Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 In terms of the economics of health, they would call that a perverse incentive. Similar incentives definitely manifest in other areas of health care, for instance the reality of physician-induced-demand. Unfortunately people turn that into an emotional issue, and get offended that economists also consider doctors to be working in their own best interests. I may be misunderstanding you, but this sounds all very utilitarian and why doctors need ethics and morality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I may be misunderstanding you, but this sounds all very utilitarian and why doctors need ethics and morality. It really depends. Physician induced demand is probably more psychological than anything. But risk gaming is probably an area with more directly ethical dimensions. Every different sort of perverse incentive seems to have very different underlying causes, and many are caused by trying to rectify others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthfinder Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 It happened by complete chance, but I came across this presentation poster. I don't know what the doctor argued, but the poster itself clearly states that there are proposals being floated which would allow organs to be harvested before death. http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-studies/sites/files/historical-studies/public/users/bentcorr/unimportance_of_death.pdf There have been a lot of things which have been thought wild, such as three-parent embryos, and yet they seem to be a reality (or at least a legal option). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 It happened by complete chance, but I came across this presentation poster. I don't know what the doctor argued, but the poster itself clearly states that there are proposals being floated which would allow organs to be harvested before death. http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-studies/sites/files/historical-studies/public/users/bentcorr/unimportance_of_death.pdf There have been a lot of things which have been thought wild, such as three-parent embryos, and yet they seem to be a reality (or at least a legal option). Sounds dangerously like a "give the organs to the more 'productive' member of society" rule... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthfinder Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Sounds dangerously like a "give the organs to the more 'productive' member of society" rule... Yep. Although like Nihil has already said, there are judgements being made. Ie, an addict isn't going to get an organ over someone who is otherwise "healthy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Pretty much every attempt at a sort of moral calculus to determine organ donations typically gets pretty icky if you give it much of a push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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