Maria-Keiko Yasuoka

Organ Donation in Japan

A Medical Anthropological Study

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Maria-Keiko Yasuoka reveals insight into Japan as the country with the most severe organ shortages and the lowest numbers of organ donations among medically advanced countries. This is the first book to delve into the challenging and taboo Japanese concepts of life and death surrounding organ transplantation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781498515665
• ISBN-10: 1498515665
• Artikelnr.: 42202211

Autorenporträt

Maria-Keiko Yasuoka is a visiting researcher at the Hokkaido University School of Medicine in Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Narratives of Transplant
Surgeons and Coordinators Chapter 2 Narratives of Recipients Chapter 3
Narratives of Donor Families Chapter 4 The Buds of Interrelationships among
Concerned Parties Chapter 5 Transforming Concepts of Life Conclusion
Rebirthable Life Afterword My Father's Funeral in Japan, August 2014
Appendix Japanese Organ Transplantation Law Bibliography About the Author