Special Libraries, December 1940

Volume 31, Issue 10https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1940/1009/thumbnail.jp

Sunny Samaritans and Egomaniacs: Price-Fixing in the Gamete Market

Krawiec compares the egg market to sperm market to illustrate the extent to which public-interest rhetoric enables private wealth transfers in the egg market. She also illuminates why such rhetoric is so effective, playing on deeply held societal norms. In addition, she provides an overview of the oocyte business, highlighting issues relating to recruitment, compensation, controversy, retrieval, and risk. She does the same for the sperm business. Furthermore, she discusses the anticompetitive behavior in the egg market and argues that the horizontal price-fixing embodied in the American Society for Reproductive Medicine\u27s pricing guidelines violates the Sherman Act. Lastly, she concludes that market forces, rather than collusive industry agreement, must be allowed to determine the proper mix of altruism and monetary payment that ultimately constitutes total egg donor compensation

Special Libraries, February 1947

Volume 38, Issue 2https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1947/1001/thumbnail.jp

Special Libraries, February 1947

Volume 38, Issue 2https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_sl_1947/1001/thumbnail.jp

Discount Medical Cards: Innovation or Illusion?

Provides the results of a study that tested how well discount medical cards work. Includes interviews with card company representatives, state attorneys general, insurance regulators, and insurance agents; and a review of court and administrative actions