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1016990
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b771360
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Main Entry
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Healy, Kieran Joseph,1973-
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Title & Author
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Last best gifts : : altruism and the market for human blood and organs /\ Kieran Healy.
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Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2006.
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Page. NO
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1 online resource (xiii, 193 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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ISBN
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0226322386
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: 1282738437
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: 661273843X
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: 9780226322384
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: 9781282738430
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: 9786612738432
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0226322351
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0226322378
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9780226322353
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9780226322377
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183) and index.
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Abstract
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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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Subject
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Procurement of organs, tissues, etc-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
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Tissue banks-- United States.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Altruism.
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Blood Banks-- economics.
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Blood Banks-- organization administration.
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Tissue and Organ Procurement-- economics.
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Tissue and Organ Procurement-- organization administration.
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Tissue Banks-- economics.
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Tissue Banks-- organization administration.
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Tissue Donors.
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Altruismus
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MEDICAL-- Allied Health Services-- General.
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Organspender
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Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
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Tissue banks.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.-- Economic aspects.
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Bloeddonatie.
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Orgaandonatie.
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United States.
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Europa (geografie)
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United States.
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Verenigde Staten.
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Dewey Classification
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362.17/84
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LC Classification
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RD129.5.H43 2006eb
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NLM classification
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2006 K-462
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WO 660H434L 2006
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44.02bcl
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PI 4540rvk
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XC 2800rvk
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