Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies - Death, Mourning, Scientific Desire in Realm of Human Organ Transfer

Probes the ideological assumptions underlying the transfer of body parts, the social significance of donors' deaths, and the medico-scientific desires surrounding complex forms of body repair. This book considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy.

Product details

• Authors: Lesley Sharp, Lesley A. Sharp, Lesley Alexandra Sharp
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2006
• EAN: 9780231138383
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13838-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectur; Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology & anthropology, Transplant Surgery, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Sociology: death and dying