BODIES, COMMODITIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES

DEATH, MOURNING, AND SCIENTIFIC DESIRE IN THE REALM OF HUMAN ORGAN TRANSFER

by Lesley A. Sharp
language: english
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, October of 2006 ‧
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Probes the ideological assumptions underlying the transfer of body parts, the social significance of donors' deaths, and the medico-scientific desires surrounding complex forms of body repair. This book considers the experimental realm, in which nonhuman species and artificial devices present further opportunities for recovery and for controversy.

BODIES, COMMODITIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES

DEATH, MOURNING, AND SCIENTIFIC DESIRE IN THE REALM OF HUMAN ORGAN TRANSFER

by Lesley A. Sharp

Property Description
ISBN: 9780231138383
Publisher: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: October of 2006
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780231138383