APM Special Interest Group: TRANSPLANT PSYCHIATRY

 

Organ Traffiking: The "Taipei Recommendation" In January 2008, the Asian Task Force on Organ Trafficking published its "Recommendations on the prohibition, prevention and elimination of organ trafficking in Asia."   ...more 2007 Rotterdam Proceedings Proceedings from the 2007 Rotterdam Transplant Conference are now available.   ...more

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The Asian Task Force on Organ Trafficking, composed of 14 bioethics scholars from Asia, Europe, and the U.S. who share a deep concern about the situation of organ trafficking across borders, has issued its "Recommendations on the Prohibition, Prevention and Elimination of Organ Trafficking in Asia." These three PDF documents are available for your use and distribution:

Introduction Letter from the chair and coordinator of the task force
Summary of Recommendations
Full Report

From the Introduction Letter:

In consideration of the facts that there is a widening gap between organ demand and supply for transplantation, which lead to the result that patients in need have been traveling beyond geographical borders to receive transplants, either because of organ shortage at home or because transplant service has not been well established in their home countries; also taking into serious account the situations that agents and middlemen have exploited the situation as organ trafficking and that some Asian countries have become the sources of black market organs and the hub for transplant tourism, the Task Force is of the firm view that the mere condemnation could not stop the serious situation. There must be concrete steps taken by government authorities, public and private organizations as well as individuals to help stopping, preventing and eliminating organ trafficking. The Recommendations represent the joint views of the Task Force members about the principles and measures to be implemented for this purpose.

We sincerely hope that these Recommendations will be of assistance to you in formulating policies and in adopting specific measures. More specifically, we hope that these Recommendations will be fully integrated into your policies and measures so that the ultimate goal of eliminating organ trafficking in Asia could be achieved earlier.

In spring 2008 the Proceedings from the 2007 Rotterdam Transplant Conferrence (more information below) were published in Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects. Towards a common European policy. The conference website lists the contents of the Proceedings here.

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