Banking on the Body
Subtitle: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: May 19, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780674281431
Description: Each year Americans supply blood, sperm, and breast milk to "banks" that store these products for use by strangers in medical procedures. Who gives, who receives, who profits? Kara Swanson traces body banks from the first experiments that discovered therapeutic uses for body products to current websites that facilitate a thriving global exchange.
Notes: Source title: Banking on the Body: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America