Tissue economies : blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism /

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A cultural studies account of how the "bio-value" of blood, stem cells, organs, and cell lines moves back and forth between 'gift' and 'commodity'

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Waldby, Cathy (Autor), Mitchell, Robert, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2006.
Colección:Science and cultural theory.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
Tissue banks > Economic aspects.
Tissue banks > Political aspects.
Tissue banks > Moral and ethical aspects.
Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. > Economic aspects.
Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. > Political aspects.
Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects.
Altruism.
Cross-cultural studies.
Tissue Donors > psychology
Altruism
Capitalism
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Social Responsibility
Tissue and Organ Procurement > economics
Tissue and Organ Procurement > organization & administration
Banques de tissus > Aspect économique.
Banques de tissus > Aspect politique.
Banques de tissus > Aspect moral.
Conservation des organes, tissus, etc. > Aspect économique.
Conservation des organes, tissus, etc. > Aspect politique.
Conservation des organes, tissus, etc. > Aspect moral.
Altruisme.
Études transculturelles.
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > General.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Humangenetik
Kommerzialisierung
Bioethik
Gewebe
Körperteil
Bloedbanken.
Weefselculturen.
Celkweek.
Kapitalisme.
United Kingdom
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Blood banks, risk, and autologous donation: the gift of blood to oneself
  • Disentangling the embryonic gift: the UK stem cell bank
  • The laws of mo(o)re: waste, biovalue, and information ecologies
  • Umbilical cord blood: waste, gift, venture capital
  • Commodity-communities and corporate commons
  • Real-time demand: information, regeneration, and organ markets
  • Conclusion: the future of tissue economies.

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