Altruism and Reward: Motivational Compatibility in Deceased Organ Donation

Acts of helping others are often based on mixed motivations. Based on this claim, it has been argued that the use of a financial reward to incentivize organ donation is compatible with promoting altruism in organ donation. In its report Human Bodies: Donation for Medicine and Research, the Nuffield...

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Main Author: Voo, Teck Chuan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 190-202
IxTheo Classification:NCA Ethics
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B Motivation
B Titmuss
B payment
B Transplantation
B Altruism
B Reward
B Organ Donation
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