Blood, Organs, and Cell Lines in Late Capitalism
by
Catherine Waldby, Robert Mitchell, Barbara Herrnstein Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2006
As new medical technologies are developed, more and more human tissues—such as skin, bones, heart valves, embryos, and stem cell lines—are stored and distributed for therapeutic and research purposes. The accelerating circulation of human tissue fragments raises profound social and ethical concerns...