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Strange harvest : organ transplants, denatured bodies, and the transformed self /
Strange Harvest illuminates the wondrous yet disquieting medical realm of organ transplantation by drawing on the voices of those most deeply involved: transplant recipients, clinical specialists, and the surviving kin of deceased organ donors. In this rich and deeply engaging ethnographic study, an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Strange Harvest illuminates the wondrous yet disquieting medical realm of organ transplantation by drawing on the voices of those most deeply involved: transplant recipients, clinical specialists, and the surviving kin of deceased organ donors. In this rich and deeply engaging ethnographic study, anthropologist Lesley Sharp explores how these parties think about death, loss, and mourning, especially in light of medical taboos surrounding donor anonymity. As Sharp argues, new forms of embodied intimacy arise in response, and the riveting insights gleaned from her interviews, observations, and d. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 307 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520939615 0520939611 1429419156 9781429419154 1601295308 9781601295309 |