Flesh and Blood - Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in 20th Century America - Bog af Susan E. (Associate Professor of the History of Medicin
Organ transplantation is one of the most dramatic interventions in modern medicine. Since the 1950s thousands of people have lived with 'new' hearts, kidneys, lungs, corneas, and other organs and tissues transplanted into their bodies. From the beginning, though, there was simply a problem: surgeons often encountered shortages of people willing and able to give their organs and tissues. To overcome this problem, they often brokered financial arrangements. Yet anethic of gift exchange coexisted with..
Flesh and Blood - Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in 20th Century America - Susan E. (Associate Professor of the History of Medicine Leder
Organ transplantation is one of the most dramatic interventions in modern medicine. Since the 1950s thousands of people have lived with 'new' hearts, kidneys, lungs, corneas, and other organs and tissues transplanted into their bodies. From the beginning, though, there was simply a problem: surgeons often encountered shortages of people willing and able to give their organs and tissues. To overcome this problem, they often brokered financial arrangements. Yet anethic of gift exchange coexisted with..