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Kara W. Swanson
Banking on the Body [EPUB ebook]
The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America

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Each year Americans supply blood, sperm, and breast milk to "banks" that store these products for use by strangers in medical procedures. Who gives, who receives, who profits? Kara Swanson traces body banks from the first experiments that discovered therapeutic uses for body products to current websites that facilitate a thriving global exchange.

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Formato EPUB ● Páginas 343 ● ISBN 9780674369481 ● Editora Harvard University Press ● Publicado 2014 ● Carregável 6 vezes ● Moeda EUR ● ID 3189159 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM

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