Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine : : The Malaysian Transplant Venture / / Jenny Schreiber.
The discourse on transplantation and brain death has become emblematic of conflicts between certain perspectives on adequate medical care, death and dying. Scientific and religious, modernising and traditional as well as academic and popular voices debate on how to approach these topics. This work c...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2017] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Kultur und soziale Praxis
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures, List of Tables, List of web-based Appendices
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- Preliminary Remarks
- Preface
- Abstract / Zusammenfassung
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine
- 3. Malaysian Lifeworlds, Medical Pluralism, and the Transplant of Organs
- 4. Conclusion
- Epilogue
- References
- Brief Biography
- Web-based Appendices