The Generosity of the Dead : A Sociology of Organ Procurement in France PDF
by Graciela Nowenstein
Part of the Medical Law and Ethics series
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There has been a general assumption in the international debate surrounding organ procurement that Presumed Consent (opting-out) systems produce better results than Express Consent (opting-in) systems.
This study uses the French case to challenge this widely held assumption and argues that the French presumed consent systems coexist with patterns of behaviour that in practice do not mobilize the law.
It explores four key areas to current research in socio-legal studies focussing on the state and nature of social solidarity, social engineering and the changing nature of the citizen-state relations, state intervention in the event of death and discretion in use of corpses and recent modifications of the status of medical professionals as figures of authority and agents of state policy. Using material based on interviews with medical professionals, this title will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics, policy-makers and practitioners with an interest in this complex and topical subject.
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- Pages:202 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:09/03/2016
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:202 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:09/03/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781317030799
