Organ Donation and Transplantation
Orit Ben-David
Gebundenes Buch

Organ Donation and Transplantation

Body Organs as an Exchangeable Socio-Cultural Resource

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From a background in ethnography, Israeli teacher Ben-David aims to understand the meaning of organ donation and transplantation from the perspectives of the three major partners involved: donors, recipients, and the medical teams. The participation of all partners, each with specific interests, enables human organs to become an exchangeable commodity with social significance. Applying the resulting information from her comprehensive study, Ben-David assesses the roles played by life and death in organ donation within the Israeli Jewish community. She also examines issues of social legitimacy ...