Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting

                                                                    Promoting Ethical Practices in Medicine

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Publications about unethical and forced organ procurement practices mainly reported from China and summarized in the Kilgour & Matas Report triggered the wish in the medical community to found the medical organization Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) that will look particularly into illegal and unethical forms of organ harvesting. Membership is free for medical doctors and medical professionals.

DAFOH considers any form of organ removal that jeopardizes the donor’s life and welfare, or which pursues to end a donor’s life in order to obtain an organ for transplantation or other reason, to be unethical organ harvesting. This is in contrast with donating an organ for transplantation with consent.
In this regard the systematic organ harvesting practices in China are of major concern for medical doctors worldwide.

DAFOH seeks to bring unethical medical practices to public awareness, to initiate further investigation and to promote ethical practices in medicine. 
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On August 12, 2008, DAFOH hosted a forum in Sydney. 
David Matas, one of the panelists, also had a poster presentation at the International Transplantation Congress.
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On July 23, 2008, DAFOH hosted a press conference in the National Press Club, Washington, DC. A distinguished panel discussed the question "How to engage more effectively with China".
DAFOH addressed parallels between human experiments by the Nazi medical doctor Dr. Mauthausen , who removed organs without anaesthetics, and organ harvesting practices in China. 
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Remarks about Organ Donation

Organ donation is the procedure of donating an organ after making an informed and active decision in the mental status of clear consciousness, commonly understood as “donating with consent”. Donating an organ is a voluntary act and expresses the free wish and will of the organ donor.

DAFOH shares the view of the WMA, TTS and other organizations that organs and tissues have to be donated freely and without coercion. Because of the restrictions in liberty in a prison environment it is unlikely that prisoners are free to make independent decisions and thus an autonomous informed consent for donation cannot be obtained. This point of view is a major factor in order to understand the illegal dimension of organ harvesting in China.

DAFOH is calling on all medical doctors and transplant professionals around the world to join us in demanding an unfettered access into Chinese detention facilities, prisons and hospitals and in demanding an independent investigation of the organ harvesting practices in China.
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