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Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts

Title
Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts / Michele Goodwin.
Author
Goodwin, Michele.
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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xvi, 294 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. > Corrupt practices
  • Human body
  • Homografts > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Medical ethics
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement > methods
  • Altruism
  • Coercion
  • Ethics
  • Fraud
  • Informed Consent
  • Tissue Donors > supply & distribution
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement > legislation & jurisprudence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-288) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Institutional supply, demand, and legitimacy -- Nuances, judicial authority, and the legal limits of altruism -- Getting the organ you want -- The uniform anatomical gift act -- Presumed consent: the unsuspecting donor -- Commoditization: incentives for cadaveric organ harvesting -- Black markets: the supply of body parts -- Critiquing the slavery and black body market comparison.
Call Number
Sc E 06-705
ISBN
  • 0521852803 (hardback)
  • 0521617995 (pbk.)
LCCN
  • 2005037985
  • 9780521852807
  • 9780521617994
OCLC
62532885
Author
Goodwin, Michele.
Title
Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts / Michele Goodwin.
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-288) and index.
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Sc E 06-705
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