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| | The Ends of the Body |
 | | Wherever transplant surgery moves it challenges customary laws and traditional local practices bearing on the body, death, and social relations."Commonsense" notions of embodiment, relations of body parts to whole, and the treatment and disposal of the dying are consequently being reinvented throughout the world. | | | Transplant patients today are increasingly warned that they are not exchanging a death sentence for a new life, but rather that they are exchanging one mortal, chronic disease for another. | | | Transplant surgery has re-conceptualized social relations between self and other, individual and society, and among the "three bodies", the existential lived body-self; the social, representational body; the body political (see Scheper-Hughes and Lock 1997). |
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/biotech/organswatch/pages/endsofbody.html
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| | Organ donation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | While xenotransplantation promises to increase supply of organs considerably, the threat of organ transplant rejection coupled with the general anathema to the somewhat alien idea decreases the functionality of the technique. | | | Second, an organ donor is often an accident victim who has succumbed to traumatic injuries -- such a patient has a much higher likelihood of having received blood transfusions in an effort to save his life. | | | Xenotransplantation, or the transfer of animal (usually pig) organs into human bodies promises to eliminate many of the ethical issues while creating many of its own. |
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| | India Kidney Trade |
| | Furthermore, where the poor are "induced to sell their body parts to meet the transplant needs of high-paying customers, largely from the developed countries,...[the trade in human organs] has been widely condemned because of its financially exploitative nature and its abuse of medical ethics (Human Rights Watch/Asia, p.2). | | | The use of powerful immuno-suppressant drugs and new surgical techniques has indirectly boosted the kidney transplant activities. | | | HUMAN RIGHTS: YES Clearly, the kidney trade in India, carries with it many moral and ethical dilemmas which make it difficult to ascertain whether the sale of a kidney organ to save another's life and to perhaps, help the donor better his life, makes this practice justified. |
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http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/KIDNEY.HTM
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| | In fact, many of these cultural stereotypes are invoked much too readily to mark the Japanese as exotically different when, in fact, their differential behavior can be explained by differences of economic situation. | | | It was a general perception of the public that it was Japan who, at the final stage, concede from 'foreign pressure.' Because of this, it is true that both of our frustration have been accumulated. | | | And I hope the result of this negotiation will contribute to the perception amendment in the US negotiators from that Japan will give in in the last minutes to maintain the relationship to that Japan is an equal partner who can refuse to agree. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/~ti44/D207.final.htm
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| | Body Parts Trade |
| | By the same token, although doctors of body parts trade generally agree that the fate of the deceased is in the hands of relatives, they believe that they should be allowed to use any body given them for autopsy without further discussion. | | | Lastly, equally valid on a less philosophical level, the body parts trade unequivocally borders on violating one of universal human rights, i.e., the right to decide what to do with one's corpse. | | | First, in the field of medicine, what is needed are clear ethical guidelines that would define who has rights to the organs after a person dies. |
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http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/body.htm
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| | 04.30.2004 - UC Berkeley anthropology professor working on organs trafficking |
| | The latter was "a very big step" because WHO previously had considered transplant tourism a deviant, isolated practice that required no response from the medical community at-large, she said. | | | With mandatory reporting of the medical conditions of donors and follow-up exams, "we'll be able to solve the question of whether, in fact, organ donation is as risk-free as the transplant community would like us to believe," Scheper-Hughes said. | | | The medical community may be shifting its positions on organs trafficking, Scheper-Hughes said. |
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| | This is really the key to developing China's organ transplantation work; one might even say that whether or not corpses can be readily used for medical treatment and research constitutes the standard and measure of whether a country is modern. | | | The practice of using executed prisoners' organs for transplant purposes creates an undesirable incentive for the authorities to refrain from either abolishing capital punishment or reducing the scope of its application. | | | Prompt organ transplant surgery is known to be widely available in China for high-paying foreign or overseas Chinese patients also. |
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http://www.hrw.org/reports/1994/china1/china_948.htm
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| | Laogai Research Foundation (TESTIMONY) |
| | The two doctors who helped inform Wu that organ transplants were happening in mainland China say that they were hoodwinked into giving out the information, and that Wu should be punished for this. | | | Begins with story of Zhong (woman who was executed in the late 70’s for her organs) which sets the background for this emotional description of organ harvesting. | | | In a pithy review of the issue of organ harvesting from prisoners, Briggs concludes that, from a medical point of view, the practice is clearly unethical, and must be condemned by transplant doctors all over the world. |
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http://www.laogai.org/tstmny/organbib.htm
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| | channel4.com - THE TRANSPLANT TRADE |
| | The aim of this group of professional bodies is to stimulate wide-ranging debate amongst health professionals, policy makers and the public and to campaign for a radical review of the organ donation system in the UK. | | | Also has a section on how to deal with the emotional strain of a kidney condition of transplant. | | | The site discusses both his feelings and those of his family and has information for others in need of a transplant. |
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| | China's Execution, Inc. [China's Kidney Transplant Trade] [Free Republic] |
| | For patients, the cost of a transplant is far cheaper than a lifetime of dialysis, says Dr. André-Jacques Neusy, head of the dialysis unit at Bellevue and director of the NYU School of Medicine Center for Global Health. | | | I cannot empathize with someone in need of a transplant; nevertheless, it is these patients who are complicit in the barbarity of the Chinese Communist regime. | | | Diflo says he and his colleagues wrestled with the issue in a debate that was "quite lively and revealing, but the bottom line was that we take care of patients who come to us, regardless of their situation—moral, ethical, financial, or social. |
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| | McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
| | Her thesis consisted of the creation of a training manual for heart and lung transplant patients that is still used today. | | | She sees this opportunity as a positive reinforcement for patients, demonstrating their ability and desire to return to a healthy and vibrant life after a strenuous and traumatic time in their life. | | | Not only does she counsel them about their anti-rejection and other necessary medications, but also about emotional issues, life-styles and overall health. |
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| | The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News |
| | Dr Gupta says recent reports alleging involvement of two Indian doctors in the illegal organ trade is bound to affect the practice of Indian doctors. | | | The head of the liver transplant unit at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital and Human Organ Procurement and Education (HOPE) trustee, Dr M.R. Rajasekhar, says unlike other states like Tamil Nadu, no central body clears such applications in the national capital. | | | “The Transplantation of Human Organ Act, 1994, should be amended and unrelated donors should be banned even if they have an emotional link with the recipients. |
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| | Black Market Organs |
| | Dr Wang, who is seeking political asylum in the US, said the sale of skin and other human organs to patients in need of transplants and skin grafts netted huge profits for the People's Liberation Army. | | | "I do not see my offer as a pure trade, but as a must that would help me in providing my family, my wife and child with the basic needs such as food, better accommodation and maybe a better future," a man, who gave his initials as NC, said. | | | The council found Dr Siroj and Dr Veeradej guilty of breaching medical ethics, revoked Dr Siroj's license and suspended Dr Veeradej for six months. |
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http://www.multiline.com.au/~donor/black.html
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| | The Protection Project |
| | One of the greatest of all medical taboos - the sale of body parts - is being openly proposed for the first time. | | | The government report said it was important that people working with child prostitutes have "an understanding of sex work," and "a working knowledge of legislation and working practices that affect children and young people engaged in prostitution." | | | The doctors were struck off the medical register. |
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| | HairSite's hair loss treatments, hair multiplication, hair transplant, hair replacement, hair cloning, Avodart forums |
| | Real change needs a real approach with consequences for the doctors that harm their patients. | | | In 1996 the FTC contacted the AHLC (American Hair Loss Council) and notified them that they would be doing an "audit" of the surgical and non-surgical hair restoration fields. | | | Timetested: "I maintain that victims of the hair transplant process get involved and let the above agencies know of their experiences. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Call to legalise live organ trade |
| | "Ultimately, the organ trade is like child prostitution. | | | Ultimately, the organ trade is like child prostitution | | | "One in three of patients from our waiting lists who have gone overseas have either died or had the transplant fail. |
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| | Kidney transplant benefits two families - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper |
| | Those conditions have pushed Hawai'i into the top five states for the number of patients on dialysis, per capita. | | | Whitney Limm, director of St. Francis Medical Center's kidney transplant program, talks extensively with donors before allowing surgeries. | | | Yet what really bothered the surgeon was the emotional question: just how committed were the donors? |
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http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jun/27/ln/ln01p.html
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| | The New Cannibalism |
| | Over the past 30 years, organ trans- plantation has developed from being an experimental procedure performed in a few advanced medical centers, to being a fairly common therapeutic one carried out in hospitals and clinics throughout the world. | | | A sum of $5,000 per major organ utilized is suggested. | | | This practice was roundly condemned by the World Medical Association and prohibited in 1994. |
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/biotech/organswatch/pages/cannibalism.html
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| | BBC News HEALTH Organ transplant summit called |
| | Although there is no connection between the selfless act of giving organs and the row over taking them, there are concerns at what may be a new reluctance on the part of donors' relatives. | | | "I want to step up our drive to get more donors so that vital medical advances are not halted and people whose lives could so easily be saved with a transplant are not left to die unnecessarily." | | | A DoH spokeswoman said it was too early to see any evidence that donor numbers had slumped, but it was aware there were concerns. |
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| | Pakistan: The World's New Kidney Bank |
| | Due to her constant illness and her husband's critical condition, they were forced to take another loan and are back in their landlord's clutches. | | | This makes legal transplants difficult in such countries. | | | Only children, the old and the sick have been spared the scalpel. |
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| | CBC: The Passionate Eye |
| | In North America, doctors and bio-ethicists express their conflicting views-some firmly against the trade and others in support of regulating it. | | | While addressing the provocative and ethical issues surrounding the organ trade, in Transplant Tourism it becomes more and more evident that the young, poor and vulnerable in the developing world are increasingly being treated as spare body parts for the rich. | | | Confronted with his own mortality, and the possibility he might die waiting for a life-saving transplant here in Canada, Richard made a choice many people consider immoral. |
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| | 11.10.99 - Program to Track Global Traffic in Organs |
| | "These people care very much about the dignified and pro-per care of their bodies after death." She calls the global trade in human organs "the new cannibalism." | | | Nor was there a clear benefit for the recipient, due to the high cost of being maintained on cyclosporine, a drug that suppresses immune reactions to transplants. | | | Transplant surgeons and other medical people from at least a dozen countries will report to the Organs Watch center,which will act as a clearing house. |
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| | What is a kidney worth? csmonitor.com |
| | There is, for instance, skyrocketing demand for pieces of livers, which can grow into a fully functioning organ in a recipient. | | | Another proposal would allow voluntary organ donors to have all of their related healthcare costs picked up, as well as compensation for lost time at work when recuperating from the surgery. | | | One of his patients brought it to him a couple of months ago after going abroad to get a new kidney. |
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| | Powell's Books - Coping with an Organ Transplant: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Preparing For, and Living with an ... |
| | Together, they answer the critical questions about transplant procedure, walking the reader through every step of the process-from determining organ candidacy to preparing for the surgery to long-term recovery. | | | Here is the only book written by a transplant recipient for the more than 20,000 people who receive organ transplants each year. | | | (a practical guide to understanding, preparing for, and living with an organ transplant) |
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| | Wireless technology is more than a mobile telephone - it’s the ability to bring people together, in more ways than we ever dreamed. | | | It began as a highly technical presentation, which was then translated into English by way of case studies that illustrated how AscomTimeplex had put enterprise networking to work for a variety of clients worldwide. | | | This dramatic program illustrates the story of a young boy who receives a heart transplant, and the many people that participate, all over the world via wireless technology. |
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| | Marylin's Transplant Page: World Trade And Black-Market Body Parts in China |
| | World Trade And Black-Market Body Parts in China | | | The official U.S. position as expressed by the State Department has been to "express concern" to China over the reports. | | | Death sentences in China can be the result of political activities or crimes such as tax evasion or drug dealing. |
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| | Marylin's Transplant Page: Britain Considers Allowing Payments To Organ Donors |
| | But critics say it could set a dangerous precedent. | | | The Department of Health said officials were considering changes to the Human Organ Transplant Act of 1989, which makes it an offense to receive payment in return for supplying organs for transplant. | | | The trade in organs has recently made headlines in Britain, with two doctors facing disciplinary action after allegedly telling patients they could obtain kidneys for transplant from live donors. |
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| | The Body Snatchers |
| | "International crime gangs have expanded from traditional spheres of activity such as prostitution, the arms trade and trafficking in drugs to money laundering, the trade in nuclear technology and human organs and the transport of illegal immigrants." (qtd. | | | If only a vital organ could be found, they could get a transplant and live on; if only new eyes could be found, they might see again. | | | In Third-World countries are an abundance of vital and/or needed organs, dwelling in the bodies of impoverished children and young adults. |
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| | The Free Trade Area of the Americas: Current Status and Future Opportunities for Florida Tomato Growers |
| | The purpose of their meeting was to promote the development of the FTAA process and to select a home for the Secretariat. | | | Florida agriculture, however, has reason to be concerned about how it will be affected by FTAA. | | | Protectionism was practiced through the use of tariffs, which served as the largest source of revenue for our government in its early period. |
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| | Econlog, Trade Barriers Archives: Library of Economics and Liberty |
| | As this story indicates, the state of New Jersey is considering outlawing the practice for government work. | | | That practice is now quite common in many countries, adding years to the lives of the buyers, and undreamed-of wealth to the donors and their families. |
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| | channel4.com THE TRANSPLANT TRADE |
| | Is it right that individuals should help others sell a part of their body? | | | Whose right is it to say who can and cannot sell a part of their own body, and why can't a dying person choose to buy an organ to save their life? | | | The presenters travel across five continents to meet those searching for an organ, those who are selling body parts for hard cash and the brokers who make the transplant trade turn over. |
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| | thecustard.tv • rhubarb rhubarb |
| | His debts had increased through interest and he was unable to settle all that he owed, and his situation was made worse as the operation had left him in excruciating pain and unable to work. | | | And while there is a glimmer of light for Amber as the government debate adopting the same policy as Spain on organ donation, for people like the late Munsamy there is no such hope. | | | The case against the organ trade was led by Professor Nancy Shepherd-Hughes who decried the ethical implications, saying that if trade in kidneys was legalised, where would the line be drawn and cited examples of people willing to sell their eyes and parts of their liver, too. |
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| | CBC News:Global organ trade has Canadian connection |
| | Another kidney specialist, David Landsberg, said he's had many dialysis patients disappear for a while and come back with transplanted kidneys from India, China and the Philippines. | | | But kidney specialists and Amnesty International say organ donors in countries such as China and India are often exploited, kidnapped or killed for their organs. | | | Some patients could carry on with their damaged, malfunctioning kidney for a long time, maybe five, 10 years," said Lam. |
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| | The Hindu : Doctor held for alleged role in kidney racket |
| | Prior to the Central Transplant of Human Organs Act, 1994, Mumbai had been a hub of the kidney transplant racket. | | | According to Satyapal Singh, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Dr. Suresh Trivedi of Bombay Hospital has allegedly "liaised" between a patient and the agent who obtained the kidney. | | | They recorded his mobile phone conversations and had evidence against him. |
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| | This site uses frames, but your browser does not support them. | | | Please download the latest version either of these browsers and return to visit us! | | | Transplant News Official Site of the Transplant News EZ Commerce |
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