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Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine : the Malaysian Transplant Venture.
The discourse on transplantation and brain death has become emblematic of conflicts between certain perspectives on adequate medical care, death and dying. Scientific and religious, modernising and traditional as well as academic and popular voices debate on how to approach these topics. This work c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Transcipt Verlag,
2017.
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| Colección: | Kultur und soziale Praxis.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents ; List of Figures, List of Tables, List of web-based Appendices ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; List of web-based Appendices ; Abbreviations ; Glossary ; Acknowledgements ; Preliminary Remarks ; Preface ; Abstract / Zusammenfassung ; 1. Introduction.
- 1.1 Objective of the Study 1.2 Ethnicity, Culture, and Religion ; 1.3 Medical Pluralism ; 1.4 Bioavailability of Organs ; 1.5 Anthropological Problems ; 1.6 Overview of Healthcare Research concerning the Attitude of Malaysians towards Organ Donation ; 1.7 Fieldwork.
- 1.7.1 Qualitative in-depth Interviews with Medical and Religious Experts 1.7.2 Quantitative Survey among the Rural Malay and Chinese Communities ; 1.8 Structure of the Present Work ; 2. Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine ; 2.1 Political Background and Context.
- 2.2 The Transplant Venture and the Media 2.3 From Sporadic Transplant Activity to the National Transplantation Programme ; 2.4 Laws, Government Policies, and Medical Guidelines Pertaining to Transplantation, Organ Donation and Brain Death.
- 2.5 Promoting Organ Donation: From Grass-Root Initiatives to Large Scale Government Campaigning 2.6 Making the National Transplantation Programme a 'Muslim-Friendly' Enterprise ; 2.7 Normative Islamic Obligations: Their Generation and Content.