Domesticating organ transplant : familial sacrifice and national aspiration in Mexico /
Megan Crowley-Matoka.
- [2016]
- xiv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-305) and index.
Living organ donation, bioavailability, and ethical domesticity -- Cadaveric organ donation, biounavailability, and slippery states -- Being worthy of transplant, embodying transplant's worth -- The unsung story of posttransplant life -- Gifts, commodities, and analytic icons in the anthropological lives of organs -- Scientists, saints, and monsters in transplant medicine.
9780822360674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015031550
Kidneys--Transplantation--Mexico. Organ donors--Mexico. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Social aspects--Mexico. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects.