Nobel Peace Prize nomination for Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) – a recognition of upholding ethical practices in medicine
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A mere nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, the “world’s most prestigious prize,” already attracts significant attention to the nominee, acts as an acknowledgment by itself, and serves as a catalyst for addressing the issue at hand. Although major advances in medicine are annually rewarded with a Nobel Prize, equally important ethical and humanitarian aspects of medicine have received much less attention, with the only two medical organizations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize being International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in 1985 and Doctors Without Borders in 1999 (1).
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