TY - JOUR
T1 - Organ trafficking and transplant tourism
T2 - The role of global professional ethical standards - The 2008 declaration of Istanbul
AU - Danovitch, Gabriel M.
AU - Chapman, Jeremy
AU - Capron, Alexander M.
AU - Levin, Adeera
AU - Abbud-Filho, Mario
AU - Al Mousawi, Mustafa
AU - Bennett, William
AU - Budiani-Saberi, Debra
AU - Couser, William
AU - Dittmer, Ian
AU - Jha, Vivek
AU - Lavee, Jacob
AU - Martin, Dominique
AU - Masri, Marwan
AU - Naicker, Saraladevi
AU - Takahara, Shiro
AU - Tibell, Annika
AU - Shaheen, Faissal
AU - Anantharaman, Vathsala
AU - Delmonico, Francis L.
PY - 2013/6/15
Y1 - 2013/6/15
N2 - By 2005, human organ trafficking, commercialization, and transplant tourism had become a prominent and pervasive influence on transplantation therapy. The most common source of organs was impoverished people in India, Pakistan, Egypt, and the Philippines, deceased organ donors in Colombia, and executed prisoners in China. In response, in May 2008, The Transplantation Society and the International Society of Nephrology developed the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism consisting of a preamble, a set of principles, and a series of proposals. Promulgation of the Declaration of Istanbul and the formation of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group to promote and uphold its principles have demonstrated that concerted, strategic, collaborative, and persistent actions by professionals can deliver tangible changes. Over the past 5 years, the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group organized and encouraged cooperation among professional bodies and relevant international, regional, and national governmental organizations, which has produced significant progress in combating organ trafficking and transplant tourism around the world. At a fifth anniversary meeting in Qatar in April 2013, the DICG took note of this progress and set forth in a Communiqué a number of specific activities and resolved to further engage groups from many sectors in working toward the Declaration's objectives.
AB - By 2005, human organ trafficking, commercialization, and transplant tourism had become a prominent and pervasive influence on transplantation therapy. The most common source of organs was impoverished people in India, Pakistan, Egypt, and the Philippines, deceased organ donors in Colombia, and executed prisoners in China. In response, in May 2008, The Transplantation Society and the International Society of Nephrology developed the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism consisting of a preamble, a set of principles, and a series of proposals. Promulgation of the Declaration of Istanbul and the formation of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group to promote and uphold its principles have demonstrated that concerted, strategic, collaborative, and persistent actions by professionals can deliver tangible changes. Over the past 5 years, the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group organized and encouraged cooperation among professional bodies and relevant international, regional, and national governmental organizations, which has produced significant progress in combating organ trafficking and transplant tourism around the world. At a fifth anniversary meeting in Qatar in April 2013, the DICG took note of this progress and set forth in a Communiqué a number of specific activities and resolved to further engage groups from many sectors in working toward the Declaration's objectives.
KW - Declaration of Istanbul
KW - Organ trafficking
KW - Transplant tourism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84879529311&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/TP.0b013e318295ee7d
DO - 10.1097/TP.0b013e318295ee7d
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C2 - 23644753
AN - SCOPUS:84879529311
SN - 0041-1337
VL - 95
SP - 1306
EP - 1312
JO - Transplantation
JF - Transplantation
IS - 11
ER -