Bioethics beyond altruism : donating and transforming human biological materials / Rhonda M. Shaw, editor.
| Other author | Shaw, Rhonda M., 1962- editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xii, 356 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Bioethics beyond altruism / Rhonda M. Shaw -- Dead human bodies and embryos: commonalties and disparities in ethical debate / D. Gareth Jones -- The immortal life of ethics? The alienation of body tissue, ethics and the informed consent procedure within induced pluripotent stem cell research / Casimir MacGregor, Tristan McCaughey, Megan Munsie, Alice Pébay and Alex Hewitt -- On the everyday ethics of stem cell therapies in India / Nayantara Sheoran Appleton and Aditya Bharadwaj -- Towards an understanding of embryo donation in New Zealand: The views of donors and recipients / Sonja Goedeke and Ken Daniels -- Ethics for embryologists / Ruth P. Fitzgerald and Michael Legge -- Beyond altruism: A case for compensated surrogate motherhood / Ruth Walker and Liezl van Zyl -- Keeping it in the family: debating the bio-intimacy of uterine transplants and commercial surrogacy / Charlotte Kroløkke and Michael Nebeling Petersen -- Gift-of-life? The psychosocial experiences of heart, liver and kidney recipients / Geraldine O'Brien -- Organ donation practices and end-of-life care: unusual bedfellows or comfortable companions? / Maureen Coombs and Martin Woods -- Valued matter: anthropological insights on the (bio)political economy of organ exchange / Ciara Kierans -- Towards social maternity: Where's the mother? Stories from a transgender dad as a case study of human milk sharing / Fiona Giles -- Bio-intimate economies of breastmilk exchange: peer-milk sharing and donor breastmilk in the NICU / Rhonda M. Shaw and Maggie Morgan. |
| Abstract | "This book departs from conventional bioethics approaches to consider the different moral and political economies involved in the donation and transformation of human organs, gametes, stem cells and breastmilk. Collectively, the authors draw attention to the different values associated with research and therapy on body part and tissue exchange through an examination of altruism, gift and commodity relations. They expertly discuss issues such as the bioethical conundrums around the circulation and use of human biological materials and services as well as their legal and regulatory limits, the economic benefits and health values attributed to various body parts and products, and the matter of immaterial labour and affective relations between donors, recipients and others involved in tissue provision. Based on new empirical research, this interdisciplinary collection of original and timely essays will be of interest to students and researchers in gender and cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, science and technology studies, as well as medical professionals with an interest in health and reproduction."--Website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 9783319555317 3319555316 |
| LCCN | 2017937276 |
| ISBN | 9783319555324 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 3319555324 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.1007/978-3-319-55532-4 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |