However, having more kidney donors, while a boost in overall QALY equivalent to donating a few thousand dollars, is more than likely to harm people who need kidney transplants in the long run...your donation of a single kidney is buying a few mediocre years of life, in exchange for taking away a few million dollars of the table from any company developing “the proper way” of doing this.
Use the reversal test: if preventing the treatment of kidney disease saves lives, could we save even more lives by inflicting new cases of kidney disease?
Use the reversal test: if preventing the treatment of kidney disease saves lives, could we save even more lives by inflicting new cases of kidney disease?