Clinical Labor: Tissue Donors and Research Subjects in the Global Bioeconomy

by Melinda Cooper

Book Overview

Forms of embodied labor, such as surrogacy and participation in clinical trials, are central to biomedical innovation, but they are rarely considered as labor. Melinda Cooper and Catherine Waldby take on that project, analyzing what they call "clinical labor," and asking what such an analysis might indicate about the organization of the bioeconomy and the broader organization of labor and value today. At the same time, they reflect on the challenges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822356228
• ISBN13: 9780822356226
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"