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...

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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, ©2006.
Subjects:
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects > United States.
Medical anthropology > United States.
Ethnology > United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > United States.
Death > United States.
Mourning customs > United States.
Memorials > United States.
Kinship > United States.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Ethnology.
Organ Transplantation
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Anthropology, Cultural > United States.
Tissue and Organ Procurement > United States.
Organ Transplantation > United States.
Anthropology, Cultural
Greffe (Chirurgie) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Anthropologie médicale > États-Unis.
Ethnologie > États-Unis.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > États-Unis.
Mort > États-Unis.
Deuil > Coutumes > États-Unis.
Monuments commémoratifs > États-Unis.
Parenté > États-Unis.
Greffe (Chirurgie)
Ethnologie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Death.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Kinship.
Medical anthropology.
Memorials.
Mourning customs.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Social aspects.
Bewältigung
Sozialanthropologie
Transplantation
Trauerarbeit
Trauerritual
Soziale Situation
Bestattungsritus
Transplantatie.
Anniversaries > United States.
United States
United States.
USA.
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