Some updated numbers on kidneys

At the moment, the number of people on the waiting list in the US is about 80,000.

The average wait is over five years.

Something like 15-20 people die each day while waiting for a kidney.

The following web site has some prices and costs associated with black market organ sales.  Note the very big difference between what the buyer pays and what the seller receives:  LINK.

Assignment for Wednesday, Nov. 8

Read and summarize 425-433.

Note:  Sometimes my page numbers may not match up precisely with yours.  I'm using a Kindle edition, and I've noticed that it is not perfect with pagination.  Just thought I'd get that out there, with three quarters of the semester behind us...

On Surrogacy

Here's something new:  LINK.

More on organ markets

A link from Maren, about a guy from New Jersey:  HERE. 

Assignment for Monday, Nov. 6

Read and summarize 417-424.   That's two short articles.  You can summarize them on the same page.

I Swear I Wish Somebody Would Tell Me

The problem with kindness:  HERE.

Assignment for Friday, Nov. 3 --CORRECTION--

Read and summarize 141-144.  (This is a response to an article we skipped, but I think that the position being responded to here is clear enough.)