Repaying the gift of life: Self-help, organ transfer and the debt of care;Rendre pareille au « Cadeau de la Vie »: Entretien de soi, transplantation d'organes, et la dette du soin de soi

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 889-903

  Sothern, Matthew ^a   Dickinson, Jen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body; care; organ transplantation; self help

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; SELF HELP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859226990     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2011.624192     Document Type: Article

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