ABSTRACT
The second of these procurement strategies-cash for organs-was promoted during an afternoon session at the conference by Lloyd Cohen, who holds advanced degrees in law and economics and teaches at George Mason University. Cohen is a longterm advocate of a market approach to the problem of organ shortages. He proposes a “futures market” in which a per-organ fee of $5,000 would be paid to the estate of those who agree to sign contracts for the removal of their organs, should they die in a fashion that permits transplantation (Cohen 1995). Cohen defended his proposal and urged that it be given a “fair test” to see if the profit motive might not solve the shortage.
