Organ donation and transplant rates vary widely across the globe, but there remains an
almost universal shortage of deceased donors. The unmet need for transplants has resulted …

Importance The disparity between patients awaiting organ transplantation and organ
availability increases each year. As a consequence, organ trafficking has emerged and …

One manifestation of globalization is medical tourism. As its implications remain largely
unknown, we reviewed claimed benefits and risks. Driven by high health-care costs, long …

Although it may seem a recent phenomenon, tourism has long been associated with
improved health and spa tourism has its roots in antiquity. With the emergence of activities …

The extent of organ sales from commercial living donors (CLDs) or vendors has now
become evident. At the Second Global Consultation on Human Transplantation of the World …

Background To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation
in a selected adult population in Pakistan. Methods Convenience sampling was used to …

See Articles page 31 transplants, are just beginning to address their respective
responsibilities to protect their people from exploitation and to develop a national self …

The technology‐driven demand for the extraction of human organs—mainly kidneys, but
also liver lobes and single corneas—has created an illegal market in body parts. Based on …

A groundbreaking consideration of death from capitalism, from the seventeenth to the twenty-
first century From a 2013 Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed fifteen people and injured …

“Medical Tourism” is the travel of residents of one country to another country for treatment. In
this article I focus on travel abroad to purchase organs for transplant, what I will call …