Tissue economies
Subtitle: blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism
By: Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell.
Contributors: Mitchell, Robert, 1969-
Series: Science and cultural theory
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Tissue banks -- Economic aspects.; Tissue banks -- Political aspects.; Tissue banks -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects.; Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Political aspects.; Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Tissue Donors -- psychology -- Great Britain.; Tissue Donors -- psychology -- United States.; Altruism -- Great Britain.; Altruism -- United States.; Capitalism -- Great Britain.; Capitalism -- United States.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Great Britain.; Cross-Cultural Comparison -- United States.; Social Responsibility -- Great Britain.; Social Responsibility -- United States.; Tissue and Organ Procurement -- economics -- Great Britain.; Tissue and Organ Procurement -- economics -- United States.; Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration -- Great Britain.; Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration -- United States.
Description: "As new medical technologies are developed, more and more human tissues - such as skin, bones, heart valves, embryos, and stem cell lines - are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The accelerating circulation of human tissue fragments raises profound social and ethical concerns related to who donates or sells bodily tissue, who receives it, and who profits - or does not - from the transaction."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Blood banks, risk, and autologous donation: the gift of blood to oneself; title: Disentangling the embryonic gift: the UK stem cell bank; title: The laws of mo(o)re: waste, biovalue, and information ecologies; title: Umbilical cord blood: waste, gift, venture capital; title: Commodity-communities and corporate commons; title: Real-time demand: information, regeneration and organ markets.