The Resource Last best gifts : altruism and the market for human blood and organs, Kieran Healy
Last best gifts : altruism and the market for human blood and organs, Kieran Healy
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- Summary
- 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 a
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages)
- Contents
-
- 4.
- Collection regimes and donor populations
- 5.
- Organizations and obligations
- 6.
- Managing gifts, making markets
- Appendix : Data and methods
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1.
- Exchange in human goods
- 2.
- Making a gift
- 3.
- The logistics of altruism
- Isbn
- 9780226322384
- Label
- Last best gifts : altruism and the market for human blood and organs
- Title
- Last best gifts
- Title remainder
- altruism and the market for human blood and organs
- Statement of responsibility
- Kieran Healy
- Subject
-
- Altruism
- Altruismus
- Bloeddonatie
- Blood Banks -- economics
- Blood Banks -- organization & administration
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Europa (geografie)
- MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services | General
- Orgaandonatie
- Organspender
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Tissue Banks -- economics
- Tissue Banks -- organization & administration
- Tissue Donors
- Tissue and Organ Procurement -- economics
- Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration
- Tissue banks
- Tissue banks -- United States
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects
- United States
- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 a
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Healy, Kieran Joseph
- Dewey number
- 362.17/84
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- RD129.5
- LC item number
- .H43 2006eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2006 K-462
- WO 660
- NLM item number
- H434L 2006
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
- Tissue banks
- Blood Banks
- Blood Banks
- Tissue Banks
- Tissue Banks
- Tissue Donors
- Tissue and Organ Procurement
- Tissue and Organ Procurement
- Altruism
- United States
- MEDICAL
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Tissue banks
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- United States
- Bloeddonatie
- Orgaandonatie
- Europa (geografie)
- Verenigde Staten
- Organspender
- Altruismus
- Label
- Last best gifts : altruism and the market for human blood and organs, Kieran Healy
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 4.
- Collection regimes and donor populations
- 5.
- Organizations and obligations
- 6.
- Managing gifts, making markets
- Appendix : Data and methods
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1.
- Exchange in human goods
- 2.
- Making a gift
- 3.
- The logistics of altruism
- Control code
- 655853825
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226322384
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- aad37b8f-d39c-444b-80ef-5caa9361fe40
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)655853825
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Last best gifts : altruism and the market for human blood and organs, Kieran Healy
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 4.
- Collection regimes and donor populations
- 5.
- Organizations and obligations
- 6.
- Managing gifts, making markets
- Appendix : Data and methods
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1.
- Exchange in human goods
- 2.
- Making a gift
- 3.
- The logistics of altruism
- Control code
- 655853825
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226322384
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- aad37b8f-d39c-444b-80ef-5caa9361fe40
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)655853825
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Altruism
- Altruismus
- Bloeddonatie
- Blood Banks -- economics
- Blood Banks -- organization & administration
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Europa (geografie)
- MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services | General
- Orgaandonatie
- Organspender
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
- Tissue Banks -- economics
- Tissue Banks -- organization & administration
- Tissue Donors
- Tissue and Organ Procurement -- economics
- Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration
- Tissue banks
- Tissue banks -- United States
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects
- United States
- United States
- Verenigde Staten
- Procurement of organs, tissues, etc -- Economic aspects -- United States
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