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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807833703321

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

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-69381-6

1-282-41813-0

9786612418136

0-313-06833-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 166 pages)

Disciplina

617.9/5

Soggetti

Anthropology, Cultural

Commodification

Donation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects

Ethnology

Medical anthropology

Organ Transplantation - psychology

Sociology, Medical

Tissue and Organ Procurement - ethics

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects

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.