Strange Harvest: Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self

by Lesley A. Sharp

Book Overview

Strange Harvest illuminates the wondrous yet disquieting medical realm of organ transplantation by drawing on the voices of those most deeply involved: transplant recipients, clinical specialists, and the surviving kin of deceased organ donors. In this rich and deeply engaging ethnographic study, anthropologist Lesley Sharp explores how these parties think about death, loss, and mourning, especially in light of medical taboos surrounding donor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520247868
• ISBN13: 9780520247864
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"