The global body market : altruism's limits / / edited by Michele Goodwin
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Titolo: |
The global body market : altruism's limits / / edited by Michele Goodwin
|
| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 344.7303/21783 |
| Soggetto topico: | Procurement of organs, tissues, etc - Law and legislation - United States |
| Dead bodies (Law) - United States | |
| Procurement of organs, tissues, etc - Moral and ethical aspects - United States | |
| Procurement of organs, tissues, etc - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Altruism | |
| Altri autori: |
GoodwinMichele
|
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. I. Contestable commodities -- pt. II. The blind side of altruism : abuse, coercion, and fraud -- pt. III. Managing markets in contestable commodities : public and private regulation. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Black and gray markets for body parts are illegal, but also pioneering and inventive. Although this type of criminal activity requires dexterity and innovation, these markets thrive and flourish, sometimes in view of law. On the other hand, altruistic procurement is mired by low participation, which encourages black market transactions. Thousands of patients die each year waiting for an organ or bone marrow donation through the altruistic procurement system, so some turn to the dark side. This book offers a frank discussion of altruism in the global body market. It exposes how researchers exploit their patients' ignorance to harvest tissue samples, blood, and other biologics without consent, chronicles exploitation in the name of altruism, including the non-consensual use of children in dangerous clinical trials, and analyzes social and legal commitments to the value of altruism - offering an important critique of the vulnerability of altruism to corruption, coercion, pressure, and other negative externalities. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The global body market |
| ISBN: | 1-107-35758-6 |
| 1-107-23616-9 | |
| 1-107-34171-X | |
| 1-107-34904-4 | |
| 1-139-17591-2 | |
| 1-107-34796-3 | |
| 1-107-34546-4 | |
| 1-299-40339-5 | |
| 1-107-34421-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910828276503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |