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Organs for Sale?

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Each day in the U.S., 19 people die waiting for donated organs. To help increase supply, some health experts and economists want to legalize the market for human organs. We take up the issue with a panel of experts.

Guests:

Douglas Hanto, professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Transplantation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Arthur Matas, professor of surgery at the University of Minnesota

Nancy L. Ascher, transplant surgeon and professor in the department of surgery at UCSF

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