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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Waldby, Catherine
• Mitchell, Robert

Titel

Tissue Economies: Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism

Ist Teil von

• Duke University Press, 2006, viii+231p, 2006, p.viii+231p-viii+231p

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A study of new medical technologies and how human tissues such as skin, bones, embryos, heart valves, and stem cell lines are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The trade of human tissue fragments raises social and ethical concerns that are addressed by the authors who look at the broad range of issues and discuss donations and sales of bodily tissue, who receives it, and who profits from that transaction. The report looks at the range of complex questions raised by these new developments in technology and human tissue research. References.