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Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine The Malaysian Transplant Venture Jenny Schreiber
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schreiber, Jenny <p>Jenny Schreiber, University of Hamburg, Germany</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Kultur und soziale Praxis.
- Kultur und soziale Praxis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain Death.
- Chinese Buddhism.
- Islam.
- Malaysia.
- Transplantation.
- Medical Care.
- Death.
- Dying.
- Science.
- Religion.
- Politics.
- Piety.
- Biomedicine.
- Medical Technology.
- Culture.
- Medicine.
- Ethnology.
- Sociology of Medicine.
- Biopolitics.
- Body.
- Local Subjects:
- Brain Death.
- Chinese Buddhism.
- Islam.
- Malaysia.
- Transplantation.
- Medical Care.
- Death.
- Dying.
- Science.
- Religion.
- Politics.
- Piety.
- Biomedicine.
- Medical Technology.
- Culture.
- Medicine.
- Ethnology.
- Sociology of Medicine.
- Biopolitics.
- Body.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Schreiber, Politicy, Piety, and Biomedicine The Malaysian Transplant Venture
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2017
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Jenny Schreiber (Dr. med.) studied Cultures and Languages of Southeast Asia and Medicine in Hamburg and Sydney. Her research interests include ethical issues and decision-making processes in biomedicine. She is currently completing her specialist training in Neurosurgery.
- Summary:
- The discourse on transplantation and brain death has become emblematic of conflicts between certain perspectives on adequate medical care, death and dying. Scientific and religious, modernising and traditional as well as academic and popular voices debate on how to approach these topics. This work captures the heterogeneous and often contradictory views on the Malaysian transplant venture and the treatment option of end stage organ failure from the Malay and Chinese population, physicians, state officials, and Muslim, Buddhist and Daoist clergy. It also addresses vital issues as to the use of and extent to which biomedicine and medical technology in contemporary Malaysia actually benefits its people.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 7 List of Figures, List of Tables, List of web-based Appendices 11 Abbreviations 13 Glossary 17 Acknowledgements 21 Preliminary Remarks 25 Preface 27 Abstract / Zusammenfassung 33 1. Introduction 37 2. Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine 89 3. Malaysian Lifeworlds, Medical Pluralism, and the Transplant of Organs 181 4. Conclusion 259 Epilogue 271 References 273 Brief Biography 293 Web-based Appendices 295
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839437025
- 3839437024
- OCLC:
- 984652366
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