altruism and the market for human blood and organs /
First Statement of Responsibility
Kieran Healy.
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Chicago :
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University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
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1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index.
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More than any other altruistic gesture, blood and organ donation exemplifies the true spirit of self-sacrifice. Donors literally give of themselves for no reward so that the life of an individual--often anonymous--may be spared. But as the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question, and the possibility has surfaced that donors might be supplemented or replaced by paid suppliers. Last Best Gifts offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe a.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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AAD37B8F-D39C-444B-80EF-5CAA9361FE40
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Title
Last best gifts.
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9780226322353
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc-- Economic aspects-- United States.
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
Tissue banks-- United States.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc-- Economic aspects-- United States.
Altruism.
Blood Banks-- economics.
Blood Banks-- organization & administration.
Tissue and Organ Procurement-- economics.
Tissue and Organ Procurement-- organization & administration.
Tissue Banks-- economics.
Tissue Banks-- organization & administration.
Tissue Donors.
Altruismus
Bloeddonatie.
MEDICAL-- Allied Health Services-- General.
Orgaandonatie.
Organspender
Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
Tissue banks.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.-- Economic aspects.