Organ Trafficking: Why Do Healthcare Workers Engage in It?
Organ trafficking in all its various forms is an international crime which could be entirely eliminated if healthcare professionals refused to participate in or be complicit with it. Types of organ trafficking are defined and principal international declarations and resolutions concerning it are dis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 3, Pages: 368-378 |
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organ trafficking
B Organized crime B Organ Transplantation B medical complicity B Human Trafficking B organ sales |
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| Summary: | Organ trafficking in all its various forms is an international crime which could be entirely eliminated if healthcare professionals refused to participate in or be complicit with it. Types of organ trafficking are defined and principal international declarations and resolutions concerning it are discussed. The evidence for the involvement of healthcare professionals is illustrated with examples from South Africa and China. The ways in which healthcare professionals directly or indirectly perpetuate illegal organ transplantation are then considered, including lack of awareness, the paucity of both undergraduate and postgraduate education on organ trafficking, turning a blind eye, advocacy of organ commercialism, and the lure of financial gain. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180121000931 |