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UNINA9910820332603321 |
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Autore |
Kumar R (Ramesh), <1938-2000, > |
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Titolo |
Kidney transplants and scams : India's troublesome legacy / / Ramesh Kumar |
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Thousand Oaks, California : , : SAGE Publishing, , [2019] |
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93-5388-235-4 |
93-5388-236-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Surgeons - Malpractice - India |
Kidneys - Transplantation - Corrupt practices - India |
Kidneys - Transplantation - India |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Flashback -- A Word from My Heart -- Preface -- My Blackened Face -- Introduction -- Cures and Costs -- Pushing for an Organ Transplant Law -- Kidney Transplant in India -- Kidney Scams in India -- India becomes the World's Kidney Bazaar -- Maximum City Mumbai Kidney Trade Epicentre -- Kidney Racket in Tamil Nadu -- Blood Donors, Drug Mafia, Dowry Kidneys in Kolkata -- The Kidney King and the Great Escape -- Kidney Scandal In Karnataka -- Tribals as Kidney Donors in Kerala -- Horrifying Kidney Racket in Punjab -- West Coast to the East -- In the Heartland of MP, Bihar, UP -- Kidney Scams in Delhi -- Cyber Scams in Kidney Trade -- Kidney Rackets Worldwide -- The Human Element -- Moving Forward -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First factual account of the nation-wide kidney scams rampant for the past many decades. |
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