TY  - BOOK
AU  - Healy,Kieran Joseph
TI  - Last best gifts: altruism and the market for human blood and organs 
SN  - 9780226322384 (electronic bk.)
AV  - RD129.5 .H43 2006eb
U1  - 362.17/84 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Procurement of organs, tissues, etc
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc
KW  - Tissue banks
KW  - Tissue and Organ Procurement
KW  - organization & administration
KW  - Altruism
KW  - Blood Banks
KW  - economics
KW  - Tissue Banks
KW  - Tissue Donors
KW  - Health
KW  - Social Science
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Allied Health Services
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Bloeddonatie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Orgaandonatie
KW  - Organspender
KW  - swd
KW  - Altruismus
KW  - Europa (geografie)
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index; List of illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; 1; Exchange in human goods --; 2; Making a gift --; 3; The logistics of altruism --; 4; Collection regimes and donor populations --; 5; Organizations and obligations --; 6; Managing gifts, making markets --; Appendix : Data and methods --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
N2  - More than any other altruistic gesture, blood and organ donation exemplifies the true spirit of self-sacrifice. Donors literally give of themselves for no reward so that the life of an individual--often anonymous--may be spared. But as the demand for blood and organs has grown, the value of a system that depends solely on gifts has been called into question, and the possibility has surfaced that donors might be supplemented or replaced by paid suppliers. Last Best Gifts offers a fresh perspective on this ethical dilemma by examining the social organization of blood and organ donation in Europe a
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