"Living Cadavers" in Bangladesh: Bioviolence in the Human Organ Bazaar

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-91

  Moniruzzaman, Monir ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioviolence; Kidney seller; Organ trade; Social justice; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMODIFICATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL TOURISM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNRELATED DONORS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; BANGLADESH; COMMODIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNRELATED DONORS;

EID: 84858248830     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2011.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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