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Why Prohibiting Donor Compensation Can Prevent Plasma Donors from Giving Their Informed Consent to Donate
1The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USA.
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
|January 17, 2019
Summary
Compensating plasma donors for their donations is ethically acceptable and ensures informed consent. Prohibiting compensation for plasma and other body parts unethically restricts donor autonomy.
Area of Science:
- Bioethics
- Medical Ethics
- Philosophy of Medicine
Background:
- Increasing philosophical debate surrounds the ethics of compensating donors for biological materials.
- Current regulations often prohibit financial incentives for donating plasma and other body parts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To argue that compensating plasma donors is ethically permissible.
- To assert that prohibiting compensation for plasma donation impedes informed consent.
Main Methods:
- Philosophical argumentation.
- Ethical analysis of informed consent principles.
- Examination of regulatory frameworks concerning human biological materials.
Main Results:
- Donor compensation for plasma is ethically acceptable.
- Prohibiting compensation for plasma and other body parts, like kidneys, is ethically problematic.
- Regulatory bans on donor compensation prevent individuals from giving truly informed consent.
Conclusions:
- Financial compensation for plasma donors should be permitted.
- Ethical frameworks support donor compensation to enhance informed consent and the medical supply of biological materials.
- Revising regulations to allow donor compensation is ethically imperative.
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