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The kidney sellers : a journey of discovery in Iran / Sigrid Fry-Revere.

Fry-Revere, Sigrid, author.
2014
174.297954 F947k 2014
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Title
The kidney sellers : a journey of discovery in Iran / Sigrid Fry-Revere.
Author
Fry-Revere, Sigrid, author.
ISBN
9781611635126 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611635128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xviii, 236 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm
Call Number
174.297954 F947k 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)857664332
(OCoLC)857664332
Summary
"Rarely does an adventure story carry such social significance as in this groundbreaking ethnographic research book. Dr. Fry-Revere's exploration of the medical ethics of compensating organ donors takes us deep inside Iranian culture to provide insight and understanding into how Iran has solved its kidney shortage. The kidney sellers: a journey of discovery in Iran addresses the question: How it is possible that in Iran there is a waiting list to be a donor, while in the United States hundreds of thousands of people have died for lack of a kidney? Dr. Fry-Revere is the first Westerner ever to witness firsthand Iran's organ procurement system. She shares what she discovered in this fascinating book: part diary of living in a dangerous country, part ethnographic essay, and part tale of people working together to overcome death and financial ruin. The kidney sellers is a shocking, thought-provoking true story"--Publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
No turning back
Getting there
Transplanting organs and ideas
Law, hypocrisy, and the black market
Bargaining for body parts
The poor and the "lucky"
The rich and the holy
Organs for opium
Too poor to pay
Making my way home.
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