title: Buyer beware transplantation.
abstract: Poor long-term outcomes of commercial transplantation of transplant tourists reinforce the need to prevent this form of human trafficking. The development of an International Convention by the Council of Europe is highlighted and the implications for physicians of the criminalizing of organ trafficking are considered. The causes of poor outcomes from transplant tourism are considered, with the actions needed to provide both equity and sufficiency of access to transplantation as critical deterrent measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Cancer, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: Jeremy.chapman@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jeremy R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Francis L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Delmonico
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D057193:Medical Tourism; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement