Organs for Sale

An Ethnographic Examination of the International Organ Trade

Susanne Lundin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

117 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-137-53984-7 (ISBN)

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In this book, Susanne Lundin explores the murky world of organ trade. She tracks exploited farm workers in Moldova, prosecutors in Israel and surgeons in the Philippines. Utilizing unique source material she depicts a rapidly growing organ market characterized by both advanced medical technology and human trafficking.

Susanne Lundin is Professor of Ethnology at Lund University, Sweden, and affiliated to the Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), South Africa. She is author and co-author of a number essays and books, including The Golden Egg: Parenthood in the Age of Biomedicine (Guldägget, Föräldraskap I biomedicinens tid), Bodytime: On the Interaction of Body, Identity, and Society, and The Atomized Body: The Cultural Life of Stem Cells, Genes and Neurons.

Foreword Introduction: The Buyers in Sweden 1. The Sellers in Moldova 2. The Brokers in Israel 3. The Doctors in the Philippines 4. The Syndicate in South Africa Conclusion: Can the Organ Trade Be Stopped?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2015
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 117 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-137-53984-4 / 1137539844
ISBN-13	978-1-137-53984-7 / 9781137539847
Zustand	Neuware