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Tissue economies : blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism / Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waldby, Cathy.
- Series:
- Science and cultural theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tissue banks--Economic aspects.
- Tissue banks.
- Tissue banks--Political aspects.
- Tissue banks--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc--Economic aspects.
- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc--Political aspects.
- Preservation of organs, tissues, etc--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Tissue Donors--psychology.
- United Kingdom.
- United States.
- Altruism.
- Capitalism.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Social Responsibility.
- Tissue and Organ Procurement--economics.
- Tissue and Organ Procurement--organization & administration.
- Medical Subjects:
- Tissue Donors--psychology.
- United Kingdom.
- United States.
- Altruism.
- Capitalism.
- Cross-Cultural Comparison.
- Social Responsibility.
- Tissue and Organ Procurement--economics.
- Tissue and Organ Procurement--organization & administration.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 231 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- As new medical technologies are developed, more and more human tissues-such as skin, bones, heart valves, embryos, and stem cell lines-are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The accelerating circulation of human tissue fragments raises profound social and ethical concerns related to who donates or sells bodily tissue, who receives it, and who profits-or does not-from the transaction. Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell survey the rapidly expanding economies of exchange in human tissue, explaining the complex questions raised and suggesting likely developments.
- Contents:
- Blood banks, risk, and autologous donation: the gift of blood to oneself
- Disentangling the embryonic gift: the UK stem cell bank
- The laws of mo(o)re: waste, biovalue, and information ecologies
- Umbilical cord blood: waste, gift, venture capital
- Commodity-communities and corporate commons
- Real-time demand: information, regeneration, and organ markets
- Conclusion: the future of tissue economies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0822337576
- 9780822337577
- 0822337703
- 9780822337706
- OCLC:
- 61513017
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