Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs

by Kieran Healy

Book Overview

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.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226322378
• ISBN13: 9780226322377
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"