The Long Road from the Kidney Bazaar: A Commentary on Pakistan’s Progress Towards Self-sufficiency in Organ Transplantation

The Long Road from the Kidney Bazaar: A Commentary on Pakistan’s Progress Towards Self-sufficiency in Organ Transplantation

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The dark history of transplant tourism in Pakistan demonstrates the hazards of unregulated cross-border markets in human organs. Trading on existing national and international social inequities, ‘transplant tourism’ offers dubious benefits for transplant recipients and attractive profits to those fa...

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Main Author: Dominique E. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2011-12-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Subjects:
transplant tourism
organ transplantation
national self-sufficiency
bioethics
Pakistan, organ transplantation, self-sufficiency, ethics
Online Access:http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1833

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