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Book Title
Last Best Gifts : Altruism And the Market for Human Blood And Org
ISBN
9780226322377
Subject Area
Medical, Social Science
Publication Name
Last Best Gifts : Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs
Item Length
0.9 in
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Subject
Surgery / Transplant, Public Health, Death & Dying, Sociology / General
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Item Height
0 in
Author
Kieran Healy
Item Width
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Number of Pages
200 Pages

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More than any other altruistic gesture, blood and organ donation exemplifies the true spirit of self-sacrifice. Donors literally give of themselves for no reward so that the life of an individual--often anonymous--may be spared. But as the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question, and the possibility has surfaced that donors might be supplemented or replaced by paid suppliers. Last Best Gifts offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe and the United States. Gifts of blood and organs are not given everywhere in the same way or to the same extent--contrasts that allow Kieran Healy to uncover the pivotal role that institutions play in fashioning the contexts for donations. Procurement organizations, he shows, sustain altruism by providing opportunities to give and by producing public accounts of what giving means. In the end, Healy suggests, successful systems rest on the fairness of the exchange, rather than the purity of a donor's altruism or the size of a financial incentive.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226322378
ISBN-13
9780226322377
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50223968

Product Key Features

Author
Kieran Healy
Publication Name
Last Best Gifts : Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Subject
Surgery / Transplant, Public Health, Death & Dying, Sociology / General
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Medical, Social Science
Number of Pages
200 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
0.9 in
Item Height
0 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2005-030538
Lc Classification Number
Rd129.5.H43 2006
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Exchange in Human Goods 2. Making a Gift 3. The Logistics of Altruism 4. Collection Regimes and Donor Populations 5. Organizations and Obligations 6. Managing Gifts, Making Markets Appendix: Data and Methods Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
362.17/84
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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