Organs for Sale An Ethnographic Examination of the International Organ Trade
Lundin, Susanne LU
(2016)
In Palgrave Pivot
- Abstract
- After four years of queuing on the Swedish list for transplant kidneys, Sam was tired of waiting – he went to Pakistan and bought a new kidney. But where did the new kidney come from? And was the donation of the organ he received really voluntary? In this book, Susanne Lundin explores the murky world of organ trade, where desperate patients like Sam are small pieces in a big puzzle. In her ethnographic work, she tracks exploited farm workers in Moldova, prosecutors in Israel and surgeons in the Philippines. Utilizing unique source material she depicts a rapidly growing organ market characterized by both advanced medical technology and human trafficking.
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- author
- Lundin, Susanne
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- organ trade, ethnography, medical crime, medical travel
- in
- Palgrave Pivot
- pages
- 117 pages
- publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84982952554
- ISBN
- 978-1-137-53985-4
- 978-1-349-56822-2
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137539854
- project
- The body as a gift, resource and commodity: Organ transplantation in the Baltic and East Europe region
- Cultures of Consumption
- Medical humanities research node
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f7826abe-cd59-4c8b-a2b2-5665a741efc8 (old id 7762723)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 10:49:25
- date last changed
- 2025-01-06 16:26:46
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title = {{Organs for Sale An Ethnographic Examination of the International Organ Trade}},
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