TY - JOUR T1 - Smoke and mirrors: unanswered questions and misleading statements obscure the truth about organ sources in China JF - Journal of Medical Ethics JO - J Med Ethics SP - 552 LP - 553 DO - 10.1136/medethics-2016-103533 VL - 42 IS - 8 AU - Wendy A Rogers AU - Torsten Trey AU - Maria Fiatarone Singh AU - Madeleine Bridgett AU - Katrina A Bramstedt AU - Jacob Lavee Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://jme.bmj.com/content/42/8/552.abstract N2 - This response refutes the claim made in a recent article that organs for transplantation in China will no longer be sourced from executed prisoners. We identify ongoing ethical problems due to the lack of transparent data on current numbers of transplants in China; implausible and conflicting claims about voluntary donations; and obfuscation about who counts as a voluntary donor. The big unanswered question in Chinese transplant ethics is the source of organs, and until there is an open and independently audited system in China, legitimate concerns remain about organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. ER -