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Kidneys for Sale: A Reconsideration The assistant director of Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University is Miriam Schulman. She has published many articles on different topics of ethics, as well as this topic of Kidneys for sale. She is not for nor against the sale of ones kidneys, but gives answers to some of the questions and considerations discussed in meetings of other researchers. Such as, is there is a shortage of organs donated? Why are people selling their kidneys? And should the selling of ones kidneys be allowed? There is a shortage of organs being donated in the U.S alone. The shortage of kidney donors have caused an increase of people on the waiting list and also death of those waiting on a donor. ” Data shows

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