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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
"The politics of medicine, the sociotechnical assembling of norms and harms, and the constitution of subjects are skilfully shown by Taylor-Alexander to be processes that are tightly interwoven - indeed, co-produced - in the experimental clinical praxis of face-transplantation. In this subtle book we confront key questions around identity and care that resist easy answers, and are invited into a world of operating theatres, drugs, scars and mirrors that few of us will encounter but which demand consideration and engagement." - Martyn Pickersgill, University of Edinburgh, UK
"With this poignant reflection on face transplants, Taylor-Alexander stretches the genre of anthropology of medicine [ ] prompting us to think again about the meaning of ethical treatment, and the mismatch of power between healer and healed, as biomedicine blurs the boundaries between life and death." - Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School, USA
Authors and Affiliations
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The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Samuel Taylor-Alexander
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: On Face Transplantation
Book Subtitle: Life and Ethics in Experimental Biomedicine
Authors: Samuel Taylor-Alexander
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137452726
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45271-9Published: 15 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-45272-6Published: 11 August 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 74
Topics: Sociology, general, Medical Sociology, History of Medicine, Surgery, Ethics, Life Sciences, general