Organ Donation and Transplantation: Body Organs as an Exchangeable Socio-Cultural Resource by Ben-David, Orit

Organ Donation and Transplantation: Body Organs as an Exchangeable Socio-Cultural Resource (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275979188)

Vendor: Orit Ben-David
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Format: Hardcover
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Organ Donation and Transplantation: Body Organs as an Exchangeable Socio-Cultural Resource by Ben-David, Orit

Organ Donation and Transplantation: Body Organs as an Exchangeable Socio-Cultural Resource

$95.00
Organ Donation and Transplantation: Body Organs as an Exchangeable Socio-Cultural Resource by Ben-David, Orit

Organ Donation and Transplantation: Body Organs as an Exchangeable Socio-Cultural Resource

$95.00
Format: Hardcover
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From a background in ethnography, Israeli teacher Ben-David aims to understand the meaning of organ donation and transplantation from the perspectives of the three major partners involved: donors, recipients, and the medical teams. The participation of all partners, each with specific interests, enables human organs to become an exchangeable commodity with social significance.

Applying the resulting information from her comprehensive study, Ben-David assesses the roles played by life and death in organ donation within the Israeli Jewish community. She also examines issues of social legitimacy connected to organ donation in the Israeli society, institutionalization of transplantations, and transplantation as a trigger for transformation to hero status.

Author: Orit Ben-David
ISBN-10: 0275979180
ISBN-13: 9780275979188
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2005
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.28w x 0.81d
By Orit Ben-David
By Orit Ben-David
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Orit Brawer Ben-David teaches Medical Sociology and Anthropology in the Department of Nursing at Tel-Aviv University, and in the Interdisciplinary Department for Social Sciences at Bar-Ilan University.

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