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Veins of Devotion : Blood Donation and Religious Experience in North India /
According to public health orthodoxy, blood for transfusion is safer when derived from voluntary, nonremunerated donors. As developing nations phase out compensated blood collection efforts to comply with this current policy, many struggle to keep their blood stores up. Veins of Devotion details rec...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2008]
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| Colección: | Studies in Medical Anthropology
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR CONTENTS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Generative Generosity
- 3. The Reform of the Gift
- 4. Devotion and Donation
- 5. Blood Donation in the Zone of Religious Spectacles
- 6. Utility Saints and Donor-Soldiers
- 7. The Nehruvian Gift
- 8. Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary of Gurus and Organizations
- References
- Index