Title:
Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts / Michele Goodwin.
Author:
Goodwin, Michele.
Publication Information:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Call Number:
RD120.7 .G66 2006
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037985.html
ISBN:
9780521852807
Physical Description:
xvi, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Introduction -- 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.
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