The Plasma Podcast: Episode 8 - Balancing Act: Unraveling the Ethics of Plasma Donation

The Plasma Podcast

A Deep Dive into Plasma Donation in the United States with Peter Jaworski

Episode Title: Balancing Act: Unraveling the Ethics of Plasma Donation

1. Peter’s Background:
   1. Polish by way of Canada (Peter’s immigration story)
   2. Business ethics at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business
   3. Ethics and the economics of the global plasma industry
   4. Stolen from LinkedIn: He has published in Ethics, Philosophical Studies, The Journal of Business Ethics, The Journal of Value Inquiry, the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, amongst others. He has also written for, or been cited in, popular media outlets like The Economist, NPR, Bloomberg, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, Reader’s Digest, Psychology Today, USA Today, Maclean’s magazine, Canadian Business, and others.
2. Understading Plasma Donation
3. Ethical Considerations of compensating plasma donors
4. International Comparison of plasma donation to the system in the United States
5. Future Predictions and Provacative Questions

Links and other key notes:

"We find that access to a plasma donation center reduces demand (inquiries) for payday and installment loans by 6.5% and 8.1%, respectively, with larger efects (13.1% and 15.7%, respectively) on younger borrowers." Blood Money: The Financial Implications of Plasma Sales for Individuals and Non-Bank Lenders

Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID)

Proposal for a Regulation on substances of human origin (aka SoHO Regulation)