| Bioethics and Organ Transplantation in a Muslim Society: A Study in Culture, Ethnography, and Religion Contributor(s): Moazam, Farhat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253347823 ISBN-13: 9780253347824 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: A richly detailed and deeply emotional account of the conflict between modern medicine and traditional society in Pakistan |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Medical | Ethics |
| Dewey: 174.297 |
| LCCN: 2006002414 |
| Series: Bioethics and the Humanities |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dr. Farhat Moazam has written a wonderful book, based on her extraordinary first-hand study. . . . [S]he is an exceptionally gifted and evocative writer. Her book not only has the attributes of a superb piece of intellectual work, but it has literary artistic merit. --Renee C. Fox, Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania This is an ethnographic study of live, related kidney donation in Pakistan, based on Farhat Moazam's participant-observer research conducted at a public hospital. Her narrative is both a thick description of renal transplant cases and the cultural, ethical, and family conflicts that accompany them, and an object lesson in comparative bioethics. |