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Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts /

Goodwin, Michele.

Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts / Michele Goodwin. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Institutional supply, demand, and legitimacy -- Nuances, judicial authority, and the legal limits of altruism -- Getting the organ you want -- The uniform anatomical gift act -- Presumed consent: the unsuspecting donor -- Commoditization: incentives for cadaveric organ harvesting -- Black markets: the supply of body parts -- Critiquing the slavery and black body market comparison.

9780521852807 (hardback) 0521852803 (hardback) 9780521617994 (pbk.) 0521617995 (pbk.)

2005037985


Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Corrupt practices.
Body, Human.
Homografts--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medical ethics.

RD120.7 / .G66 2006

362.19/79500688

WO 690 / G657b 2006

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