Domesticating Organ Transplant : Familial Sacrifice and National Aspiration in Mexico /

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"Organ transplant in Mexico is overwhelmingly a family matter, utterly dependent on kidneys from living relatives--not from stranger donors typical elsewhere. Yet Mexican transplant is also a public affair that is proudly performed primarily in state-run hospitals. In Domesticating Organ Transp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crowley-Matoka, Megan, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects.
Organ donors.
Kidneys > Transplantation.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Greffe (Chirurgie)
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect moral.
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect social > Mexique.
Donneurs d'organes > Mexique.
Reins > Greffe > Mexique.
Organ Transplantation
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects > Mexico.
Organ donors > Mexico.
Kidneys > Transplantation > Mexico.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Living organ donation, bioavailability, and ethical domesticity
  • Cadaveric organ donation, biounavailability, and slippery states
  • Being worthy of transplant, embodying transplant's worth
  • The unsung story of posttransplant life
  • Gifts, commodities, and analytic icons in the anthropological lives of organs
  • Scientists, saints, and monsters in transplant medicine.

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