Subject/Course Guides: SOC 404/PSY 416 Human Trafficking: Organ Trafficking

Read About Organ Trafficking

Here are a few articles found by searching for Organ Trafficking using the main Discovery search box on the Library Website.

Beneath the organ trade: a critical analysis of the organ trafficking discourse
by Seán Columb. Publication year: 2015; Peer-reviewed. Journal: Crime, Law and Social Change : An Interdisciplinary Journal v63 n1-2 (201503): 21-47.
This paper critically examines how the organ trade fits into the human trafficking discourse. The organ trade involves diverse actors and consists of various practices, i.e. organ trafficking, transplant tourism, organ sales and organ harvesting.
Child organ trafficking: global reality and inadequate international response
by Alireza Bagheri. Publication year: 2016; Peer-reviewed. Journal: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy : A European Journal v19 n2 (201606): 239-246.
In organ transplantation, the demand for human organs has grown far faster than the supply of organs. This has opened the door for illegal organ trade and trafficking including from children.
A FRAMEWORK TO REVEAL CLANDESTINE ORGAN TRAFFICKING IN THE DARK WEB AND BEYOND.
By: Heinl, Michael P.; Bo Yu; Wijesekera, Duminda. Journal of Digital Forensics, Security & Law. 2019, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-19. 19p.
The outcomes and controversies of transplant tourism—Lessons of an 11-year retrospective cohort study from Taiwan
By: Tsai, Daniel Fu-Chang; Huang, Shi-Wei; Holm, Soren; Lin, Yi-Ping; Chang, Yu-Kang; Hsu, Chih-Cheng. PLoS ONE. 6/2/2017, Vol. 12 Issue 6, p1-16. 16p. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178569. , Database: Academic Search Premier
Re-conceptualizing the organ trade: separating "trafficking" from "trade" and the implications for law and policy.
by Columb S, Ambagtsheer F, Bos M, Ivanovski N, Moorlock G, Weimar W, ELPAT Working Group on Organ Tourism and Paid Donation
Publication year: 2017; Peer-reviewed
Journal: Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2017 02; 30(2): 209-213
Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Organ Removal and the Ethical and Legal Obligations of Healthcare Providers

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Child organ trafficking	Organ trafficking	Tissue and Organ Procurement ethics
Human trafficking	Organ trafficking victims	THBOR
International crimes	Organ transplantation	Trafficking of human being for organ removal
Medical tourism	Organ transplants & ethics	Transplant tourism
Organ (Anatomy)	Sale of organs, tissues, etc.	Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.