Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

The ultimate commodity

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 366; Issue: 9494 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0140-6736(05)67550-2

ISSN

1474-547X

Autores

Nancy Scheper‐Hughes,

Tópico(s)

Organ Donation and Transplantation

Resumo

Alberty Alfonso da Silva was looking fit and jaunty. If not exactly jogging along Avenida Boa Viagem in Recife, Brazil, in July, 2005, the affable Afro-Brazilian kidney seller was at least now, 2 years later, walking vigorously. But as soon as we ducked inside the lobby of a small beachfront hotel for a cafezinho, Alberty's insouciance and composure began to disintegrate. "Did Luanne send me anything?" he asked anxiously, referring to the middle-aged woman from New York City who had purchased Alberty's left kidney for US$6000 in July, 2003.

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