Banking on the body : the market in blood, milk, and sperm in modern America /

Ultimately, the bank metaphor straitjacketed legal codes and reinforced inequalities in medical care. By exploring its past, Banking on the Body charts the path to a more efficient and less exploitative distribution of the human body's life-giving potential.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swanson, Kara W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Blood banks > United States > History.
Blood banks > Economic aspects > United States.
Sperm banks > United States > History.
Sperm banks > Economic aspects > United States.
Breast milk > Collection and preservation > United States > History.
Breast milk > Economic aspects > United States.
Metaphor.
Biological Specimen Banks > history
Biological Specimen Banks > legislation & jurisprudence
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Metaphor
Banques de sang > États-Unis > Histoire.
Banques de sang > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Banques de sperme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Banques de sperme > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Lait de femme > États-Unis > Extraction et conservation > Histoire.
Lait de femme > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Métaphore.
metaphor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Blood banks.
Blood banks > Economic aspects.
Breast milk > Collection and preservation.
Sperm banks.
Körperflüssigkeit
Kommerzialisierung
Sperma.
Muttermilch
Geschichte
Blut
Biobank
United States
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Banking for love and for money
  • Bankable bodies and the professional donor
  • Banks that take donations
  • Blood battles in the Cold War
  • Market backlash
  • Feminine banks and the milk of human kindness
  • Buying dad from the sperm bank
  • Beyond the body bank.

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