Sharing our body and blood: Organ donation and feminist critiques of sacrifice

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-114

  Mongoven, Ann ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Christianity; Feminism; Organ donation; Organ transplantation; Religion; Sacrifice

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; RELIGION; REVIEW;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

CHRISTIANITY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLICY MAKING; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037304489     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.28.1.89.14175     Document Type: Review

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