The tyranny of the gift: Sacrificial violence in living donor transplants

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-511

  Scheper Hughes, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Family sacrifice; Gender; Living donors

Indexed keywords

CADAVER KIDNEY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MARKETING; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALTRUISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33847730762     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01679.x     Document Type: Review

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