Healy, Kieran Joseph,  1973- <br/><br/>
Last best gifts  altruism and the market for human blood and organs /  [electronic resource] : 
Kieran Healy. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  2006. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 193 p.) :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index. 
<br/><br/> List of illustrations --  Acknowledgments --  Exchange in human goods --  Making a gift --  The logistics of altruism --  Collection regimes and donor populations --  Organizations and obligations --  Managing gifts, making markets --  Appendix : Data and methods --  Notes --  Bibliography --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226322384 (electronic bk.) 0226322386 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.<br/>Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.--Economic aspects--United States.<br/>Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.--Economic aspects--United States.<br/>Tissue banks--United States.<br/>Tissue and Organ Procurement--organization & administration--United States.<br/>Altruism--United States.<br/>Blood Banks--economics--United States.<br/>Blood Banks--organization & administration--United States.<br/>Tissue Banks--economics--United States.<br/>Tissue Banks--organization & administration--United States.<br/>Tissue Donors--United States.<br/>Tissue and Organ Procurement--economics--United States.<br/>Health.<br/>Social Science.<br/>MEDICAL--Allied Health Services--General.<br/>Bloeddonatie.<br/>Orgaandonatie.<br/>Organspender.<br/>Altruismus.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europa (geografie)<br/>Verenigde Staten.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RD129.5  / .H43 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.17/84 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2006 K-462 WO 660  / H434L 2006