Introduction Organ transplantation is one of the most successful advances in modern
medicine. However, a legal system is necessary for its practice to be free from ethical flaws …

The estimated incidence of end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) in Pakistan is 100 per million
population. Paucity and high costs of renal replacement therapy allows only 10% to get …

Pakistan is a low-resource country with a population of 185 million where expenditure on
health is 1.3% of the gross national product. The estimated incidence of end-stage renal …

Organ transplantation is considered an alternative treatment to save lives or to improve the
quality of life and is a successful method for the treatment of patients with end-stage organ …

Organ trafficking is a heinous violation of both human rights and medical ethics but
nevertheless it remains, if not entirely forgotten, the oftenoverlooked element of trafficking in …

Background Deceased and live-related renal transplants (RTXs) are approved procedures
that are performed widely throughout the world. In certain regions, commercial RTX has …

MESOT members are a dynamic force in drafting, finalizing, propagating, gain, and
enforcing the ethical charter in Transplantation (the Istanbul Declaration). In accordance with …

Since the beginning of human kidney transplantation six decades ago,'and especially since
the first heart transplant and the creation of deceased-donation programs forty-five years …

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to identify factors that were important in
posthumous organ donation decisions in a developing country such as Pakistan …

In the past 3 years there have been attempts to counter the international campaign against a
market in organs from the living. In parallel to these attempts, support for a market in organs …