Flesh and blood : a cultural history of transplantation and transfusion in twentieth-century America /

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Author / Creator:	Lederer, Susan E.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 224 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Blood -- Transfusion -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Organ Transplantation -- history. Blood Transfusion -- psychology. Organ Transplantation -- psychology. Social Change -- history. Organ Transplantation -- psychology. History, 20th Century. Blood Transfusion -- history. Blood Transfusion -- psychology. Blood -- Transfusion. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. United States. United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11212595

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ISBN:	9780199721917 0199721912
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	Organ transplantation is one of the most dramatic interventions in modern medicine. Since the 1950s thousands of people have lived with 'new' hearts, kidneys, lungs, corneas, and other organs and tissues transplanted into their bodies. From the beginning, though, there was simply a problem: surgeons often encountered shortages of people willing and able to give their organs and tissues. To overcome this problem, they often brokered financial arrangements. Yet an ethic of gift exchange coexisted with the 'commodification of the body'. The same duality characterized the field of blood transfusio.
Other form:	Print version: Lederer, Susan E. Flesh and blood. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195161502

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