Bodies, commodities, and biotechnologies : death, mourning, and scientific desire in the realm of human organ transfer /

"In Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies, Lesley Sharp 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. Sharp also considers the experimental...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Colección:University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures.
Temas:
Organs (Anatomy) > Social aspects > United States.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects > United States.
Human body > Social aspects > United States.
Human body > Symbolic aspects > United States.
Death.
Grief.
Organ Transplantation > ethics
Death
Grief
Biotechnology > ethics
Human Body
Organes > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Corps humain > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Corps humain > Aspect symbolique > États-Unis.
Mort.
Chagrin.
deaths.
grief.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Human body > Social aspects
Human body > Symbolic aspects
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects
Wertwandel
Transplantation
Ethik
Körperbild
Biotechnologie.
Medische ethiek.
Transplantatie.
Transplantation > etik och moral > Förenta staterna.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In Bodies, Commodities, and Biotechnologies, Lesley Sharp 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. Sharp also considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 129 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-124) and index.
ISBN:9780231510981
0231510985

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