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Kidney transplants and scams : India's troublesome legacy / Ramesh Kumar.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kumar, R. (Ramesh), 1938-2000, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Surgeons--Malpractice--India.
Surgeons.
Kidneys--Transplantation--Corrupt practices--India.
Kidneys.
Kidneys--Transplantation--India.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publishing, [2019]
Summary:
First factual account of the nation-wide kidney scams rampant for the past many decades.
Contents:
Cover
Contents
Foreword
Flashback
A Word from My Heart
Preface
My Blackened Face
Introduction
Cures and Costs
Pushing for an Organ Transplant Law
Kidney Transplant in India
Kidney Scams in India
India becomes the World's Kidney Bazaar
Maximum City Mumbai Kidney Trade Epicentre
Kidney Racket in Tamil Nadu
Blood Donors, Drug Mafia, Dowry Kidneys in Kolkata
The Kidney King and the Great Escape
Kidney Scandal In Karnataka
Tribals as Kidney Donors in Kerala
Horrifying Kidney Racket in Punjab
West Coast to the East
In the Heartland of MP, Bihar, UP
Kidney Scams in Delhi
Cyber Scams in Kidney Trade
Kidney Rackets Worldwide
The Human Element
Moving Forward
Epilogue
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Acknowledgements
About the Author.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
93-5388-235-4
93-5388-236-2
OCLC:
1128477748

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