Ile za nerkę, ile za dializę

• Authors: Tomasz Kasprowicz

Title variants

EN

How Much for a Kidney, How Much for Dialysis?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The author attempts to gauge the value of human life, cleverly starting from the value of the body based around its chemical elements. He advances the calculation by giving the prices of body organs on the black market. Further, the article delivers more advanced economic analysis of the value of human life, comparing wages in dangerous professions and average jobs. The author lays bare the entanglement of the value of our lives in politics. Highlighting the differences between the UK, the US and Poland, he also tackles the issues of medical care and social assurance, revealing hidden contradictions and painting a rather bittersweet picture.

• Publisher: Fundacja Res Publica Nowa im. H. Krzeczkowskiego
• Journal: Res Publica Nowa
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 2

Contributors

author

Tomasz Kasprowicz