Bioethics Beyond Altruism
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Bioethics Beyond Altruism

Donating and Transforming Human Biological Materials

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Bioethics Beyond Altruism

Donating and Transforming Human Biological Materials

About this book

This book departs from conventional bioethics approaches to consider the different moral and political economies involved in the donation and transformation of human organs, gametes, stem cells and breastmilk. Collectively, the authors draw attention to the different values associated with research and therapy on body part and tissue exchange through an examination of altruism, gift and commodity relations. They expertly discuss issues such as the bioethical conundrums around the circulation and use of human biological materials and services as well as their legal and regulatory limits, the economic benefits and health values attributed to various body parts and products, and the matter of immaterial labour and affective relations between donors, recipients and others involved in tissue provision.
Based on new empirical research, this interdisciplinary collection of original and timely essays will be of interest to students and researchers in gender and cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, science and technology studies, as well as medical professionals with an interest in health and reproduction.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. Editor and Contributors
  4. Part I Introduction
  5. 1 Bioethics Beyond Altruism
  6. Part II Stem Cells
  7. 2 Dead Human Bodies and Embryos: Commonalities and Disparities in Ethical Debate
  8. 3 The Immortal Life of Ethics? The Alienation of Body Tissue, Ethics and the Informed Consent Procedure Within Induced Pluripo ent Stem Cell Research
  9. 4 On the Everyday Ethics of Stem Cell Therapies in India
  10. Part III Assisted Human Reproduction
  11. 5 Towards an Understanding of Embryo Donation in New Zealand: The Views of Donors and Recipients
  12. 6 Ethics for Embryologists
  13. 7 Beyond Altruism: A Case for Compensated Surrogate Motherhood
  14. Part IV Organ Donation and Transplantation
  15. 8 Keeping it in the Family: Debating the Bio-intimacy of Uterine Transplants and Commercial Surrogacy
  16. 9 Gift-of-life? The Psychosocial Experiences of Heart, Liver and Kidney Recipients
  17. 10 Organ Donation Practices and End-of-life Care: Unusual Bedfellows or Comfortable Companions?
  18. 11 Valued Matter: Anthropological Insights on the (Bio)Political Economy of Organ Exchange
  19. Part V Breastmilk Exchange
  20. 12 Towards Social Maternity: Where’s the Mother? Stories from a Transgender Dad as a Case Study of Human Milk Sharing
  21. 13 Bio-Intimate Economies of Breastmilk Exchange: Peer-Milk Sharing and Donor Breastmilk in the NICU
  22. Index