China to halt using executed prisoners' organs for transplants: a step in the right direction in medical ethics

J Med Ethics. 2016 Jan;42(1):10. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2015-102739. Epub 2015 Apr 28.

Authors

Yu-Tao Xiang¹, Li-Rong Meng², Gabor S Ungvari³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China.
² School of Health Sciences, Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macao, China.
³ The University of Notre Dame Australia/Marian Centre, Perth, Australia School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

PMID: 25922416
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2015-102739

No abstract available

Keywords: Clinical Ethics; Transplantation.

MeSH terms

Capital Punishment* / legislation & jurisprudence
Capital Punishment* / trends
China
Ethics, Medical*
Human Rights
Humans
Informed Consent
International Cooperation
Organ Transplantation / ethics*
Organ Transplantation / legislation & jurisprudence*
Prisoners*