New Cannibal Markets : Globalization and Commodification of the Human Body

• Auteur principal: Jean-Daniel Rainhorn (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Samira El Boudamoussi (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme 2015
• Sujets: cannibalism; health industry; social sciences; medicine; technology
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Thanks to recent progress in biotechnology, surrogacy, transplantation of organs and tissues, blood products or stem-cell and gamete banks are now widely used throughout the world. These techniques improve the health and well-being of some human beings using products or functions that come from the...