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Banking on the Body: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America Kara W. Swanson
Banking on the Body: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America
Kara W. Swanson
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.
310 pages, Illustrations (black and white)
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 19, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674281431 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 243 × 27 mm · 696 g |
| Language | English |