,China on the brink: there is hope for the end of their use of executed prisoner organs

• 作 者: Gabriel M. Danovitch Francis L. Delmonico
• 机 构: Division of Nephrology,UCLA School of Medicine,Los Angeles,California,USA“,”Harvard Medical School,M
• 出 处: 肝胆外科与营养
• 发表日期: 2015年2期

This is an historic time for organ donation in China. Senior officials have declare openly (1), that as of January 1st, 2015, its practice of transplanting organs from executed prisoners will cease and will be replaced by the organs of donors who die within the hospital setting. Since an awareness of the practice was brought to inteational attention a decade ago the use of organs from executed prisoners has been repeatedly condemned by the inteational medical community including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Transplantation Society (TTS) (2), and the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG) (3). A proposed academic veto was also widely enforced (4). Initially, Chinese authorities would not admit to the practice but ultimately transplant leaders within China came forward to declare courageously that such a human rights abuse was prevalent throughout the country (5). They have done so now presenting an alteative practice that is consistent with principles of the WHO and Declaration of Istanbul.