Banking on the body : the market in blood, milk, and sperm in modern America

Kara W. Swanson

Main description: Ultimately, the bank metaphor straitjacketed legal codes and reinforced inequalities in medical care. By exploring its past, Banking on the Body charts the path to a more efficient and less exploitative distribution of the human body’s life-giving potential.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Swanson, Kara W.
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard Univ. Press
Subject:	Blutspendedienst \| Blood service \| Organtransplantation \| Organ transplantation \| Gesundheitsökonomik \| Health economics \| USA \| United States \| Körperflüssigkeit \| Medizinische Versorgung \| Geschichte
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Abstract [hup.harvard.edu] ; Description [gbv.de]

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Extent:	333 S. Ill.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes index Banking for love and for moneyBankable bodies and the professional donor -- Banks that take donations -- Blood battles in the cold war -- Market backlash -- Feminine banks and the milk of human kindness -- Buying dad from the sperm bank -- Beyond the body bank.
ISBN:	978-0-674-28143-1
Classification:	Geschichte der Medizin ; Gesundheitsökonomie ; USA
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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