The transplant imaginary : mechanical hearts, animal parts, and moral thinking in highly experimental science /

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In The Transplant Imaginary, author Lesley Sharp explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for re...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects > United States.
Ethnology > United States.
Medical anthropology > United States.
Medical anthropology.
Ethnology.
Anthropology, Medical
Ethnology
Organ Transplantation > ethics
Ethnologie > États-Unis.
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Anthropologie médicale.
Ethnologie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Medical anthropology
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Moral neutrality in experimental science
  • The reconfigured body of the transplant imaginary
  • Hybrid bodies and animals science: the promises of interspecies proximity
  • Artificial life: perfecting the mechanical heart
  • Temporality and social desire in anticipatory science
  • Conclusion: The moral parameters of virtuous science.

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