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Practice Article evaluation 2008 Chinese Milk Scandal

Content

Relevance/Distraction/Improvements

This article is very relevant to the topic being covered. It is essentially a case study of a widespread food safety incident in china that involved baby formula.

Distractions include mentioning of the 2008 summer Olympics and worries of milk contamination at the event. Further more, the mention of the murder of the whistle blower seems unnecessary as there is speculation "was rumored to have been murdered in Xi'an city".

Missing

None sure

Tone

Neutrality/Viewpoint (over-represented/under-represented)

The article could be more neutral in mentioning the companies listed. Instead in the introductions, it selectively mentions Sanlu group and Arla foods without mention of the 21 other companies involved.

The article appears to under represent the time line of the actual event itself, and could expand more on the methods in which the contamination occurred. The politics appears to be over-represented there is strong emphasis on Taiwan and Hong Kong demonstrations via linking the 1025 demonstration against the communist party, neither which has to do with the actual crisis. However the article does offer views by opposing sides of the political spectrum.

Source

Links work/Reliable reference/Bias

Most of the sources for this article exists as news stories from both Chinese and western sources, which can have implicit basis and lack of reporting. There are a few links that lead to what appears to be tabloid websites and community forums rather than reputable news companies.

Main article of choice: Organ Transplantation (Organ trade)
I have chosen to improve the Organ trade article instead of organ transplantation as it is more in line with the scope of this class.

Relevance/Distraction/Missing
This article is very relevant to the topic being covered. The topics covered is extremely relevant for this class and future medical providers as there is definitely a huge organ shortage currently in the USA.

Improvements
One area that I will attempt to find more resources in is the negative outcomes/health and emotional well being supposedly suffered by Iranian organ donors. This might be extremely difficult as the language might not be in English.

An another area I would like to improve is to look at the tax deductions offered to living donors to defray the costs of donation and to see effects in organ donation rates in Wisconsin since 2004 after they legalized compensation of donors.

A third area would be to look at non kidney organ trade around the world.

Perhaps there is a picture or a chart i can add to this page.

Neutrality/Viewpoint (over-represented/under-represented)
The article presents a very neutral tone in a very controversial issues. It presents both sides fairly for example in Iranian organ sales and Illegal organ trade in both a positive and negative light.

A potential under-represented topic in this article is organ trade of liver/hearts/cornea/pancreas/lung appears to be lacking. Perhaps this is due to lack of resources regarding this subject or that it is not common practice. I will look into this in my research.

Refernce Added 2/20/19
Already Done: replaced two of the existing bad references with a new reputable references showing organ trade with Haiti. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/27/haiti.earthquake.orphans/index.html

Drafting 3/6/18
Freemarket Organ trade

Harm reduction[edit]
There are physicians, philosophers, and economist argue that legalization is the ethical choice as it will remedy numerous abuses of the illicit trade in organs. The current ban on the sale of organs has driven both sellers and buyers into the black market, out of sight of the law. This results in the middle man recieving a large percentage of payment, leaving comparatively little money left for the donor. Further more, the procedures are typically performed in substandard facilitis leading to high risks for complications. Post operational care remains scarce, as donors are afraid that their role in the crime will be discovered.

There have also been reports of criminal gangs kidnapping people and illegally harvesting their organs for sale on the black market. Proponents of legalization argue that it will result in better medical care for donors and recipients alike, as well as larger payments to the donors.

Economic models for a freemarket system in the US calls for the abolishment of UNOS and instead

Issues with this Model
Some critics challenge the proponents' assumptions that legalization will completely eliminate the black market for organs or its problems. For example, one scholar argues that once the organ trade became legalized in Iran, it did not end the under-the-table sales in organs. Instead, people made deals outside the government-sanctioned system to acquire organs from more desirable (i.e., healthier) donors.

Others have noted that a free market organ could create issues for organ rights after death of an love one, with arguments over organ money leading to legal and familial battles. Further issues lie for individuals who die intestate, as who would recieve the organ money if no next of kin is found.