Generosity of the Dead

Generosity of the Dead

A Sociology of Organ Procurement in France

Nowenstein, Graciela

Taylor & Francis Ltd

11/2010

202

Dura

Inglês

9780754674320

15 a 20 dias

540

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Contents: Introduction; Part I Law as Policy: Organ transplantation: from 'an eternally hopeless dream' to the management of scarce resources; Law as tool for enhancing social change: from faith to disenchantment. Part II Organ Retrieval in Hospitals: Walking on Thin Ice: From heterogeneity to normalization; The 'living cadaver'; Unpredictable situations; Whose gift ? Part III Law and Policy: The regulation of generosity by the state; The law as policy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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