Transplant tourism and unregulated black-market trafficking of organs

American Journal of Transplantation
Volume 9, Issue 6, 2009

Transplant tourism and unregulated black-market trafficking of organs (Letter)

Starzl T.* , Teperman L. , Sutherland D. , Sollinger H. , Roberts J. , Miller C. , Merion R. , Matas A. , Marsh J.W. , Langnas A. , Kam I. , Hippen B. , Gaston R. , Freeman R. , Fung J. , Eason J. , Fine R. , Crippen J. , Abecassis M.

^a University of Pittsburgh, United States
^b New York University, Medical Center, United States
^c University of Minnesota, United States
^d University of Wisconsin, United States
^e University of California, San Francisco, United States
^f Cleveland Clinic Foundation, United States
^g University of Michigan, United States
^h University of Minnesota, United States
ⁱ University of Pittsburgh, United States
^j University of Nebraska, United States
^k University of Colorado, United States
^l Metrolina Nephrology Associates, United States
^m University of Alabama, United States
ⁿ Tufts University, School of Medicine, United States
^o Cleveland Clinic Foundation, United States
^p University of Tennessee, United States
^q Stony Brook University, Medical Center, United States
^r Washington University, St. Louis, United States
^s Northwestern University, United States

Abstract

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Index Keywords

organ transplantation tourism Letter poverty organ donor wellbeing human wellbeing travel priority journal Codes of Ethics transplant tourism organ donor Tissue and Organ Procurement altruism United States Humans human tissue organ trafficking crime

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02632.x

ISSN: 16006135

Cited by: 8

Original Language: English