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The Deserving And Undeserving: Examining Ontario's New Strategy For Organ And Tissue Donation, Colleen M. Connors
The Deserving And Undeserving: Examining Ontario's New Strategy For Organ And Tissue Donation, Colleen M. Connors
Social Justice and Community Engagement
The medical marvel of organ and tissue transplantation has spurred new questions about the divisible body and its potential for commodification, dividing the world into unequal populations —receivers and donors. Efforts to foster equilibrium in the supply and demand of transplantable organs have led many to argue for market-based solutions; however the role of privilege has often been made invisible in these discussions, exacerbating pre-existing global inequalities. This paper acknowledges Canadian patient engagement in systems of organ trafficking, and explores the current strategy enacted by Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) to improve organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT) …