The outcomes and controversies of transplant tourism-Lessons of an 11-year retrospective cohort study from Taiwan.

Transplant tourism has increased rapidly in the past two decades, accounting for about 10% of world organ transplants. However it is ethically controversial and discouraged by professional guidelines. We conducted this study to investigate the outcomes and trends of overseas kidney and liver transpl...

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Main Authors: Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai, Shi-Wei Huang, Soren Holm, Yi-Ping Lin, Yu-Kang Chang, Chih-Cheng Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456093?pdf=render