Organ Selling Laws
Amount of years of imprisonment for illegally selling organs
14 years
Which Individuals are mainly exploited?
Individuals in poverty
What is organ trafficking?
Illegal removal, transportation, and/or use of organs.
What country is mainly sourced for Organs?
China
What is Transplant Tourism?
Travelling to another nation to have a transplant arranged through illegal or poorly regualted locations.
Who should be involved in the distribution of Organs?
Third party resources
Cost of a Kidney (US dollars)
Can range from US$50,000 to US$120,000
Most sought out organ
Kidney
What is Informed Consent within organ donation?
Willful consent form the donor with a clear grasp of danger and pressure. Canadian law places a strong emphasis if consent was informed.
When a person or business obtains an organ to be transplanted into another body or into the body of another person, knowing that the person from whom it was removed did not give informed consent to the removal is called?
Removal without informed consent