Current Status and Corresponding Strategy of Transplant Tourism

Hyung Joon Ahn; Hwi Won Kim; Won Kyung Chang; Ki Won Kim; Hee Jung Jeon; Curie Ahn; Oh Jung Kwon

doi:10.4285/jkstn.2016.30.3.109

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Ahn, Kim, Chang, Kim, Jeon, Ahn, and Kwon: Current Status and Corresponding Strategy of Transplant Tourism

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J Korean Soc Transplant 2016;30(3):109-119.

Published online: 19 January 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4285/jkstn.2016.30.3.109

Current Status and Corresponding Strategy of Transplant Tourism

Hyung Joon Ahn¹, Hwi Won Kim², Won Kyung Chang³, Ki Won Kim⁴, Hee Jung Jeon⁵, Curie Ahn⁶, Oh Jung Kwon^7,

¹Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

²Department of Social Studies, College of Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

³Scranton Honors Program, Scranton College, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

⁴Nephrology Clinic, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea

⁵Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea

⁶Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

⁷Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Han Yang University, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding author: Oh Jung Kwon Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Han Yang University Seoul Hospital, 222-1 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea Tel: 82-2-2290-8454, Fax: 82-2-2281-0224 E-mail: ojkwon@hanyang.ac.kr First co-author: Hyung Joon Ahn, Hwi Won Kim

Received 1 September 2016 Accepted 2 September 2016

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Transplant tourism (TT) has developed into a global concern for international organizations, transplant communities, researchers, and the press. Increasing the knowledge of organ trafficking and TT is essential to raise awareness and prepare responses that will prevent the occurrence of illicit organ transplantation through TT. This review article describes the current status and legal framework of international organ trafficking and TT. Collection and analysis of data concerning TT from national and international registries will provide the best estimates of global activities, which are necessary to develop an appropriate local and worldwide collaborative response to organ trafficking and TT. International collaboration and multifaceted strategies are needed to address the complex challenges of TT.

Keywords: Transplant tourism, Organ trafficking, International registry

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Fig. 1.

Global scope of trafficking in organs.

Fig. 2.

Modes of transnational trafficking in organs. Reprinted from Fig. 3 of reference [3].

Fig. 3.

앞의 (Fig. 2)를 참조하여 우 리나라 현실에 비추어 각색.

Fig. 4.

(A) 합법적 이식여행의 등록. (B) 장기거래를 포함한 의심되는 여행에 대한 보고.

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