Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
Volume 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 915-919

Impact of legal measures prevent transplant tourism: The interrelated experience of The Philippines and Israel (Article)

Padilla B. , Danovitch G.M. , Lavee J.
  • a National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Manila, Philippines
  • b Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 7-155 Factor Building, 10833 Le Conte Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1689, United States
  • c Heart Transplantation Unit, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Tel Hashomer, Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

We describe the parallel changes that have taken place in recent years in two countries, Israel and The Philippines, the former once an "exporter" of transplant tourists and the latter once an "importer" of transplant tourists. These changes were in response to progressive legislation in both countries under the influence of the Declaration of Istanbul. The annual number of Israeli patients who underwent kidney transplantation abroad decreased from a peak of 155 in 2006 to an all-time low of 35 in 2011 while in the Philippines the annual number of foreign transplant recipients fell from 531 in 2007 to two in 2011. The experience of these two countries provides a "natural experiment" on the potential impact of legal measures to prevent transplant tourism. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

Author Keywords

Transplant tourism Israel transplant Philippines transplant

Index Keywords

medical tourism statistics and numerical data organ transplantation Israel Tissue Donors donor Philippines legislation and jurisprudence human Humans Kidney Transplantation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84888137995&doi=10.1007%2fs11019-013-9473-5&partnerID=40&md5=6aae842900bd01a93d8f3c8588569252
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-013-9473-5
ISSN: 13867423
Cited by: 22
Original Language: English