Biolust, brain death, and the battle over organ transplants: America's biotech juggernaut and its Japanese critics
"In addition to a large body of influential publications, William LaFleur (1936-2010) left behind several unpublished works. The most significant of these examines debates concerning the practice of organ transplantation in Japan and the United States and is published here for the first time. T...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London
Bloomsbury Academic
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ USA
/ Brain death
/ Transplantation
/ Bioethics
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBM Asia KBQ North America NCH Medical ethics YA Natural sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Brain Death (Japan)
B Brain Death (America) B Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc (Japan) B Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc (America) |
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| Summary: | "In addition to a large body of influential publications, William LaFleur (1936-2010) left behind several unpublished works. The most significant of these examines debates concerning the practice of organ transplantation in Japan and the United States and is published here for the first time. This provocative book challenges the North American medical and bioethical consensus that considers the transplantation of organs from brain dead donors as an unalloyed good. It joins a growing chorus of voices that question the assumption that brain death can be equated with death. It provides a deep investigation of debates in Japan, introducing numerous Japanese bioethicists whose work has never been treated in English. It also provides a history of similar debates in the United States, problematizing the commonly held view that the American public was quick and eager to accept the redefinition of death. A work of intellectual and social history, it also directly engages with questions that have become all the more salient in recent years: should limits be placed on the technologies we develop to extend life? If so, where should lines be drawn? LaFleur stakes out a highly original position that does not fall neatly onto either side of the ideological divides easily recognizable in contemporary US culture wars."-- 1.Preface / Edward Drott (Sophia University, Japan) -- 2. Introduction / Amy Borovoy (Princeton University, USA) -- 3. Surgical Masks -- 4. Sweating Corpses -- 5. Global Search -- 6. Fear as Discovery's Instrument -- 7. Sectioning Human Nature -- 8. Closeted Medical Bombs -- 9. Campaign for Miracles -- 10. Body, Waste and Philosophy -- 11. Immortality and Desire -- 12. Conclusion / Susumu Shimazono (Tokyo University, Japan) -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 245 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 1350255076 |