Bioethics and organ transplantation in a Muslim society: a study in culture, ethnography, and religion
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1. Verfasser: Moazam, Farhat (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Bloomington Indiana University Press c2006
Schriftenreihe:Bioethics and the humanities
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-253) and index
Cover; CONTENTS; acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Stage: Backdrop, Props, and Protagonists; 2. Webs of Relationships and Obligations; 3. Giving and Receiving Kidneys: Perspectives of PakistaniPatients and Families; 4. A Surgeon in the Field; 5. Conclusion: Ethics and Pakistan; notes; selected bibliography; index
This is an ethnographic study of live, related kidney donation in Pakistan, based on Farhat Moazam's participant-observer research conducted at a public hospital. Her narrative is both a ''thick'' description of renal transplant cases and the cultural, ethical, and family conflicts that accompany them, and an object lesson in comparative bioethics
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 264 p.)
ISBN:0253112206
9780253112200

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