Crowley-Matoka, Megan, 1970-

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.


Print books.

RD575 / .C77 2016