Title Tissue economies : blood, organs, and cell lines in late capitalism / Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell

Published Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) Series Science and cultural theory Science and cultural theory. e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents Blood banks, risk, and autologous donation: the gift of blood to oneself -- Disentangling the embryonic gift: the UK stem cell bank -- The laws of mo(o)re: waste, biovalue, and information ecologies -- Umbilical cord blood: waste, gift, venture capital -- Commodity-communities and corporate commons -- Real-time demand: information, regeneration, and organ markets -- Conclusion: the future of tissue economies Summary A cultural studies account of how the "bio-value" of blood, stem cells, organs, and cell lines moves back and forth between 'gift' and 'commodity' Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-225) and index Notes Print version record Subject Tissue banks -- Economic aspects Tissue banks -- Political aspects Tissue banks -- Moral and ethical aspects Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Economic aspects Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Political aspects Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects Altruism. Cross-cultural studies. Tissue Donors -- psychology Altruism Capitalism Cross-Cultural Comparison Social Responsibility Tissue and Organ Procurement -- economics Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- General. MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery. Cross-cultural studies Altruism Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Political aspects Tissue banks -- Moral and ethical aspects Humangenetik Kommerzialisierung Bioethik Gewebe Körperteil Bloedbanken. Weefselculturen. Celkweek. Kapitalisme. SUBJECT United Kingdom United States Form Electronic book Author Mitchell, Robert, 1969- author. ISBN 9780822388043 0822388049

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