I was contacted via email this week by Sigrid Fry-Revere, J.D., Ph.D. Avid readers of this blog should recognize that name because she has been mentioned several times in multiple prior posts regarding her compelling libertarian theory of "personhood" and her book review of H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.'s The Foundations of Bioethics. Dr. Fry-Revere has written a new book entitled The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran, which will be published on February 1, 2014. She thought the LIBERTARIAN BIOETHICS BLOGger may be interested in blogging about her new book. She was absolutely correct. For the next several weeks I shall review this fascinating (and timely) new work chapter-by-chapter and post my observations on this blog. I then plan to edit the blog posts into a book review and submit to Libertarian Papers for possible publication.
The relevant website for Dr. Fry-Revere's new book is as follows: http://www.TheKidneySellers.com.
The sample blog post provided by the promotional website is as follows: "Sigrid Fry-Revere, a bioethicist, lawyer, and world traveler has just released an intriguing non-fiction adventure story. She is the first Westerner to give an account of kidney selling in Iran, the only country in the world claiming not to have a kidney shortage. Starting from before Sigrid visits Iran, she chronicles her quest to find answers to the organ shortage. On that journey, we are introduced to the origins and causes of the U.S. kidney shortage, the suffering of Americans, and Sigrid's personal story of a son with kidney cancer. Once in Iran, Sigrid explores a country not known by many Americans. She provides cultural insights and a first-ever look at Iran's system of compensated kidney donation. Readers will be moved by the touching personal stories, both from American and Iran, and impelled to reexamine their preconceptions about organ donation."
The relevant website for Dr. Fry-Revere's new book is as follows: http://www.TheKidneySellers.com.
The sample blog post provided by the promotional website is as follows: "Sigrid Fry-Revere, a bioethicist, lawyer, and world traveler has just released an intriguing non-fiction adventure story. She is the first Westerner to give an account of kidney selling in Iran, the only country in the world claiming not to have a kidney shortage. Starting from before Sigrid visits Iran, she chronicles her quest to find answers to the organ shortage. On that journey, we are introduced to the origins and causes of the U.S. kidney shortage, the suffering of Americans, and Sigrid's personal story of a son with kidney cancer. Once in Iran, Sigrid explores a country not known by many Americans. She provides cultural insights and a first-ever look at Iran's system of compensated kidney donation. Readers will be moved by the touching personal stories, both from American and Iran, and impelled to reexamine their preconceptions about organ donation."
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