The transplant imaginary : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science / / Lesley A. Sharp |
Autore | Sharp Lesley Alexandra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
Disciplina | 617.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - United States
Medical anthropology - United States Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
animals
bioengineering black market current debate debates in science designing implantable mechanical devices determination ethics experimentation fleshy organs from animals for human use health care human body human form human parts human suffering life and death marketing of organs medicine moral thinking morality organ donation organ scarcity organ transplant organ transplantation organs scarcity science surgery surgical theoretical treatment xenotransplantation |
ISBN |
0-520-27796-1
0-520-95715-6 |
Classificazione | SOC002000SOC000000MED022000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moral Neutrality in Experimental Science -- 1. The Reconfigured Body of the Transplant Imaginary -- 2. Hybrid Bodies and Animal Science: The Promises of Interspecies Proximity -- 3. Artificial Life: Perfecting the Mechanical Heart -- 4. Temporality and Social Desire in Anticipatory Science -- Conclusion: The Moral Parameters of Virtuous Science -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790521103321 |
Sharp Lesley Alexandra | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The transplant imaginary : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science / / Lesley A. Sharp |
Autore | Sharp Lesley Alexandra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
Disciplina | 617.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology - United States
Medical anthropology - United States Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Social aspects - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
animals
bioengineering black market current debate debates in science designing implantable mechanical devices determination ethics experimentation fleshy organs from animals for human use health care human body human form human parts human suffering life and death marketing of organs medicine moral thinking morality organ donation organ scarcity organ transplant organ transplantation organs scarcity science surgery surgical theoretical treatment xenotransplantation |
ISBN |
0-520-27796-1
0-520-95715-6 |
Classificazione | SOC002000SOC000000MED022000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moral Neutrality in Experimental Science -- 1. The Reconfigured Body of the Transplant Imaginary -- 2. Hybrid Bodies and Animal Science: The Promises of Interspecies Proximity -- 3. Artificial Life: Perfecting the Mechanical Heart -- 4. Temporality and Social Desire in Anticipatory Science -- Conclusion: The Moral Parameters of Virtuous Science -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807630203321 |
Sharp Lesley Alexandra | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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