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What are some ethical dilemmas in selling organs and organ donation?

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Ethics of Organ Donation

While on the surface it might appear that organ donation has little ethical questionability, this is untrue. Donating organs saves lives but it is how these organs are sourced and got that the ethical motivation driving the industry is questioned. There are villages in the third world countries like ...

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