TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoke and mirrors: Unanswered questions and misleading statements obscure the truth about organ sources in China
AU - Rogers, Wendy A.
AU - Trey, Torsten
AU - Singh, Maria Fiatarone
AU - Bridgett, Madeleine
AU - Bramstedt, Katrina A.
AU - Lavee, Jacob
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - This response refutes the claim made in a recent article that organs for transplantation in China will no longer be sourced from executed prisoners. We identify ongoing ethical problems due to the lack of transparent data on current numbers of transplants in China; implausible and conflicting claims about voluntary donations; and obfuscation about who counts as a voluntary donor. The big unanswered question in Chinese transplant ethics is the source of organs, and until there is an open and independently audited system in China, legitimate concerns remain about organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.
AB - This response refutes the claim made in a recent article that organs for transplantation in China will no longer be sourced from executed prisoners. We identify ongoing ethical problems due to the lack of transparent data on current numbers of transplants in China; implausible and conflicting claims about voluntary donations; and obfuscation about who counts as a voluntary donor. The big unanswered question in Chinese transplant ethics is the source of organs, and until there is an open and independently audited system in China, legitimate concerns remain about organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84966293685&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2016-103533
DO - 10.1136/medethics-2016-103533
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84966293685
SN - 0306-6800
VL - 42
SP - 552
EP - 553
JO - Journal of Medical Ethics
JF - Journal of Medical Ethics
IS - 8
ER -
