Organ transplantation as a transformative experience: anthropological insights into the restructuring of the self.

Sharp, L A

Organ transplantation as a transformative experience: anthropological insights into the restructuring of the self. [electronic resource] - Medical anthropology quarterly Sep 1995 - 357-89 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0745-5194

10.1525/maq.1995.9.3.02a00050 doi


Adaptation, Psychological
Anthropology, Cultural
Attitude to Death
Capitalism
Commodification
Cultural Diversity
Ego
Feasibility Studies
Gift Giving
Human Body
Humans
Organ Transplantation--psychology
Personhood
Social Values
Tissue Donors--psychology
Tissue and Organ Procurement
United States