Political Economy of Organ Transplantation - Where Do Organs Come From?

This innovative work combines a rigorous academic analysis of the political economy of organ supply for transplantation with autobiographical narratives that illuminate the complex experience of being an organ recipient.

List of contents

1.Exercising Shortage.  2.The making of Utopia and Dystopia in Organ Transplantations.  3.Living and Deceased Organ Economies.  4.Global Organ Economy.  5.The New Ethics of Organ Donations.  6.Contested Bioethics: The History of Organ Tranplantaions in Israel.  Epilogue: When The Shortage Ends.

About the author

Hagai Boas is a sociologist of health and an organ recipient. He is positioned as the director of the Science, technology and Society unit at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and is an adjunct senior lecturer at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His fields of interest include the sociology of transplant medicine and bioethics.

Summary

This innovative work combines a rigorous academic analysis of the political economy of organ supply for transplantation with autobiographical narratives that illuminate the complex experience of being an organ recipient.

Product details

• Authors: Hagai Boas, Hagai (The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Boas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032331119
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233111-9
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Anthropology, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Plastic & reconstructive surgery, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, MEDICAL / Surgery / Cosmetic & Reconstructive, Plastic and reconstructive surgery