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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778425303321

Autore

Ben-David Orit Brawer

Titolo

Organ donation and transplantation : body organs as an exchangeable socio-cultural resource / / Orit Brawer Ben-David

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Publishers, , 2005

ISBN

1-282-41813-0

9786612418136

0-313-06833-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 166 pages)

Disciplina

617.9/5

Soggetti

Donation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects

Medical anthropology

Ethnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Journey into the medical world -- Partners for a common destiny -- Is organ transplantation a gift exchange? -- The body in organ transplantation -- Life and death -- In their death, they will their lives to others.