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Re-conceptualizing the organ trade: separating “trafficking” from “trade” and the implications for law and policy

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: The trade in human organs is considered a major international concern. In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that approximately 6000 kidney transplants are performed illegally each year. More recently, the Council of Europe declared that organ trade constitutes a “major threat to public health” and that it is growing worldwide due to the “greed of unscrupulous traffickers”. [...]

Source: Transplant International

DOI: 10.1111/tri.12899

Authors: Seán Columb, Frederike Ambagtsheer, Michael Bos, Ninoslav Ivanovski, Gregory Moorlock, Willem Weimar, the ELPAT Working Group on Organ Tourism and Paid Donation

Institutions: University of Liverpool, Erasmus MC, Eurotransplant, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Organ Donation and Transplantation

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2558042014

FWCI: 0.605

Cites: 42

Cited by: 10

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