Last Best Gifts : Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs /

More than any other altruistic gesture, blood and organ donation exemplifies the true spirit of self-sacrifice. Donors literally give of themselves for no reward so that the life of an individual-often anonymous-may be spared. But as the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Healy, Kieran (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
Allocation of organs, tissues, etc.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. > Economic aspects > United States.
Tissue banks > United States.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Economic aspects > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
altruism, black market, organ donation, capitalism, commodification, human body, blood donors, gifts, benevolence, incentives, sale, sacrifice, ethics, europe, donations, procurement, organizations, red cross, fairness, justice, sociology, politics, nonfiction, economics, medicine, healthcare, transfusion, transplant, collection, exchange, tissues.
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