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Biolust, brain death, and the battle over organ transplants : America's biotech juggernaut and its Japanese critics / William Lafleur, edited by William Lafleur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lafleur, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--America.
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--Japan.
- Brain death--America.
- Brain death.
- Brain death--Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
- Contents:
- 1.Preface / Edward Drott (Sophia University, Japan)
- 2. Introduction / Amy Borovoy (Princeton University, USA)
- 3. Surgical Masks
- 4. Sweating Corpses
- 5. Global Search
- 6. Fear as Discovery's Instrument
- 7. Sectioning Human Nature
- 8. Closeted Medical Bombs
- 9. Campaign for Miracles
- 10. Body, Waste and Philosophy
- 11. Immortality and Desire
- 12. Conclusion / Susumu Shimazono (Tokyo University, Japan)
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781350255029
- 1350255025
- 9781350255012
- 1350255017
- Publisher Number:
- 99992656853
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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