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Zusatztext "An ethnography that is valuable! humane and committed - to Hamdy's informants and subject matter! to her audiences in the West as well as readers in Egypt and the Muslim world." Informationen zum Autor Sherine Hamdy is Associate Professor of Anthropology at UC Irvine. She is the author of Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise! Friendship! and Revolution. Klappentext "Based on extensive research in Egypt! this powerful! deeply disturbing ethnography causes readers to question commonly held assumptions about the organ transplant enterprise. Hamdy! acutely sensitive to the destructive forces of extreme poverty! argues against an ethics of codified rules whether religious or secular! and for a flexible bioethics situated in the historical! socio/economic and religious realities of Egyptians' daily life."--Margaret Lock! co-author of An Anthropology of Biomedicine "This is the best ethnography yet available on Islamic ethical reasoning and medical practice. Hamdy presents a truly sophisticated and nuanced portrayal of the organ transplant debate in Egypt and its larger implications for the Middle East and medicine." --John Bowen! author of A New Anthropology of Islam " Our Bodies Belong to God is a sensitive and original exploration of how religious ethics inform the practice of medicine for doctors! patients and policy makers alike. This will be read widely in medical anthropology and the field of ethics." --Saba Mahmood! author of Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject Zusammenfassung Why has Egypt, a pioneer of organ transplantation, been reluctant to pass a national organ transplant law for more than three decades? This book analyzes the national debate over organ transplantation in Egypt as it has unfolded during a time of major social and political transformation including mounting dissent against a brutal regime. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Note on Confidentiality and Photography Note on Transliteration Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Bioethics Rebound 1. Egypt's Crises of Authority 2. Defining Death: When the Experts Disagree 3. From Secret to Scandal: Corneas! Dead Donors! and Egypt's Blind 4. Shaykh of the People: Genealogy of an Utterance 5. Transplanting God's Property: The Ethics of Scale 6. Only One Kidney to Give: Ethics and Risk 7. Principles We Can't Afford? Ethics and Pragmatism in Kidney Sales Conclusions: Where Cyborgs Meet God Epilogue: The Ongoing Struggle for Human Dignity Notes Glossary of Frequently Used Arabic Terms References Index ...
