Ethical Issues in Organ Procurement in Chinese Societies

Ikels, Charlotte

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“…Currently, a number of ethnographic studies examine the bodily suffering of organ recipients, altruistic donors, and their families (see Budiani ; Crowley‐Matoka ; Fox and Swazey ; Gordon ; Hamdy ; Hogle ; Ikels ; Kaufman ; Lock ; Lundin ; Manderson ; Papagaroufali ; Sanal ; Sharp ; Tober ). In contrast, only a handful of ethnographic accounts of commercial kidney sellers have been published to date (Budiani‐Saberi and Delmonico ; Cohen ; Goyal et al.…”

Section: Ethnographic Studies On Organ Sellers: a Brief Reviewmentioning

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“…Currently, a number of ethnographic studies examine the bodily suffering of organ recipients, altruistic donors, and their families (see Budiani 1990;Crowley-Matoka 2016;Fox and Swazey 1992;Gordon 2001;Hamdy 2012;Hogle 1996;Ikels 1997;Kaufman 2005;Lock 2002;Lundin 2015;Manderson 2011;Papagaroufali 1999;Sanal 2011;Sharp 2006;Tober 2007). In contrast, only a handful of ethnographic accounts of commercial kidney sellers have been published to date (Budiani-Saberi and Delmonico 2008;Cohen 1999;Goyal et al 2002;Mendoza 2010;Moazam, Zaman, and Jafarey 2009;Moniruzzaman 2012;Naqvi et al 2007;Padilla 2009;Scheper-Hughes 2000;Zargooshi 2001).…”

Section: Ethnographic Studies On Organ Sellers: a Brief Reviewmentioning

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“The Heavier Selves”: Embodied and Subjective Suffering of Organ Sellers in Bangladesh

Moniruzzaman

2019

Ethos

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The rapid growth of organ transplantation has created an illegal market for human organs sourced from the destitute poor predominantly in the developing world. Drawing on challenging fieldwork, I investigate the lived experiences of organ sellers who sold their bodily organs on the black market of Bangladesh. Sellers’ narratives reveal that living without an organ is not just a bodily alteration, but instead it results in embodied suffering and ontological impairment of being in the world. Organ sellers reported that they experienced embodied suffering due to selling their vital organs, which violates long‐standing cultural practices, such as bodily integrity, body ownership, and human dignity. In addition, these sellers faced subjective suffering due to selling living parts of themselves. As they felt, selling an organ divided their whole body into two halves, which destroyed their homeostatic balance, ontological harmony, and affinity with recipients. Sellers referred to these embodied and subjective sufferings as “heavier selves.”

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Section: Ethnographic Studies On Organ Sellers: a Brief Reviewmentioning

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Section: Ethnographic Studies On Organ Sellers: a Brief Reviewmentioning

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“The Heavier Selves”: Embodied and Subjective Suffering of Organ Sellers in Bangladesh

Moniruzzaman

2019

Ethos

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“…12 According to popular Confucian belief, after death the spirit continues to linger near the body and can seek retaliation against whoever authorized his body for organ donation. 18 Taoists believe that to ensure immortality, the body must be preserved to provide the soul with a resting place upon death. To mutilate any of the body's parts is considered heretical.…”

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Addressing Religious and Cultural Differences in Views on Transplantation, Including Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

Siemionow

Rampazzo

Gharb

2011

Annals of Plastic Surgery

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Composite tissue allotransplantation is a rapidly developing field in plastic and reconstructive surgery and therefore imposes an obligation upon plastic and transplant surgeons to familiarize themselves with some unique aspects of this new discipline. The visible nature of extremities, and the face, presents a special hurdle when seeking the consent of the donor's family, as well as the recipient. Religious and sociocultural backgrounds of both the donor and recipient may have an important impact on the outcome of the donation and acceptance process. The purpose of this review is to present the current positions of major religious groups on allotransplantation and the cultural responses to the religious stances. In this context, we have investigated whether there are any specific religious or cultural restrictions against the practice of composite tissue allotransplantation.

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“…Kidney transplantation in mainland China is a controversial topic in the international transplant community (Ikels 1997a,b). Of interest is that travelling to elsewhere (e.g.…”

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Experience of Hong Kong patients awaiting kidney transplantation in mainland China

Leung¹,

Shiu²

2007

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Ethical Issues in Organ Procurement in Chinese Societies

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“The Heavier Selves”: Embodied and Subjective Suffering of Organ Sellers in Bangladesh

“The Heavier Selves”: Embodied and Subjective Suffering of Organ Sellers in Bangladesh

Addressing Religious and Cultural Differences in Views on Transplantation, Including Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

Experience of Hong Kong patients awaiting kidney transplantation in mainland China

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