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BL
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631969
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Swanson, Kara W.
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| Title & Author
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Banking on the body : : the market in blood, milk, and sperm in modern America /\ Kara W. Swanson.
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333 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780674281431 (alk. paper)
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: 0674281438 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-319) and index.
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| Contents
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Banking for love and for money -- Bankable bodies and the professional donor -- Banks that take donations -- Blood battles in the Cold War -- Market backlash -- Feminine banks and the milk of human kindness -- Buying dad from the sperm bank -- Beyond the body bank.
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| Abstract
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Each year Americans supply blood, sperm, and breast milk to "banks" that store these products for use by strangers in medical procedures. Who gives, who receives, who profits? Kara Swanson traces body banks from the first experiments that discovered therapeutic uses for body products to current websites that facilitate a thriving global exchange.
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Blood banks-- United States-- History.
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Blood banks-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Sperm banks-- United States-- History.
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Sperm banks-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Breast milk-- Collection and preservation-- United States-- History.
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Breast milk-- Economic aspects-- United States.
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Biological Specimen Banks-- history.
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Biological Specimen Banks-- legislation jurisprudence.
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History, 19th Century.
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History, 20th Century.
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History, 21st Century.
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Metaphor.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.17/84
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| LC Classification
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RM172.S93 2014
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| NLM classification
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2014 G-443
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QU 11 AA1
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