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...real objection to the Pennsylvania program is this: it crosses a fateful ethical line regarding human beings and their parts. Until now we have upheld the principle that one must not pay for human organs because doing so turns the human body--and human life--into a commodity. Violating this principle, it is said, puts us on the slippery slope to establishing a market for body parts. Auto parts, yes. Body parts, no. Start by paying people for their dead parents' kidneys, and soon we will be paying people for the spare kidneys of the living...
...Pennsylvania program is not just justified, it is too timid. It seeks clean hands by paying third parties--the funeral homes--rather than giving cash directly to the relatives. Why not pay them directly? And why not $3,000 instead of $300? That might even address the rich/poor concern: after all, $3,000 is real money, even for bankers and lawyers...
...Pennsylvania program does cross a line. But not all slopes are slippery. There is a new line to be drawn, a very logical one: rewards for organs, yes--but not from the living...
...treatment of "acute social phobia," a pathological form of shyness that's more akin to panic. For doctors, at least, it's no surprise that phobia and depression might be treated with the same drugs. "The big secret," says Dr. Brian Doyle, director of the anxiety disorders program at Georgetown Medical School, "is that we tend to use them all for the whole spectrum of depression and anxiety disorders...
...legal and ethical issues. Says Linda Dalch, president of VFIC: "If an art-history major wants a job at a bank, he needs to prove he has the skills. That's where this credential can help." This year 245 students at VFIC's member colleges have gone through the program. The long-term hope is that Tek.Xam will win the same kind of acceptance as the LSAT or CPA for law or accounting students. "To know a student has taken the initiative and passed could mean that less training is needed," explains John Rudin, chief information officer at Reynolds Metals...