Banking on the Body : The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America /

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Scientific advances and economic forces have converged to create something unthinkable for much of human history: a robust market in human body products. Every year, countless Americans supply blood, sperm, and breast milk to "banks" that store these products for later use by strangers in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swanson, Kara W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Blood banks > Economic aspects > United States.
Blood banks > United States > History.
Breast milk > Collection and preservation > United States > History.
Breast milk > Economic aspects > United States.
Sperm banks > Economic aspects > United States.
Sperm banks > United States > History.
MEDICAL / History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • INTRODUCTION: Banking for Love and for Money
  • 1 Bankable Bodies and the Professional Donor
  • 2 Banks Th at Take Donations
  • 3 Blood Battles in the Cold War
  • 4 Market Backlash
  • 5 Feminine Banks and the Milk of Human Kindness
  • 6 Buying Dad from the Sperm Bank
  • CONCLUSION: Beyond the Body Bank
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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