Twice dead
organ transplants and the reinvention of death
Edición de la obra Twice dead
| Autor | Margaret M. Lock |
|---|---|
| Editorial | University of California Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2002 |
| Lugar | Berkeley |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 429 |
| ISBN-10 | 0520226054, 0520228146 |
| OCLC | 47272032, 52861343 |
| LCCN | 2001004110 |
| Serie | California series in public anthropology -- 1. |
| Número de Cutter | L813t |
Medical knowledge and technology have been sufficiently advanced for surgeons to perform thousands of transplants each year. This text traces the discourse since 1970 that contributed to the locating of a new criterion of death in the brain.