The invisible issue of organ laundering

Transplantation

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 600-603

  Manzano, Ana ^a   Monaghan, Mark ^a   Potrata, Barbara ^b   Clayton, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organ laundering; Organ trade; Organ trafficking; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DONOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL TOURISM; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; ORGAN TRAFFICKING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TRANSPLANTATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COMMERCE; CRIME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL TOURISM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84922480595     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000000333     Document Type: Review

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