UID:
edocfu_9958356432102883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9783839437025
Series Statement:
Kultur und soziale Praxis
Content:
The discourse on transplantation and brain death has become emblematic of conflicts between certain perspectives on adequate medical care, death and dying. Scientific and religious, modernising and traditional as well as academic and popular voices debate on how to approach these topics. This work captures the heterogeneous and often contradictory views on the Malaysian transplant venture and the treatment option of end stage organ failure from the Malay and Chinese population, physicians, state officials, and Muslim, Buddhist and Daoist clergy. It also addresses vital issues as to the use of and extent to which biomedicine and medical technology in contemporary Malaysia actually benefits its people.
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Frontmatter --
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Table of Contents --
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List of Figures, List of Tables, List of web-based Appendices --
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Abbreviations --
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Glossary --
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Acknowledgements --
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Preliminary Remarks --
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Preface --
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Abstract / Zusammenfassung --
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1. Introduction --
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2. Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine --
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3. Malaysian Lifeworlds, Medical Pluralism, and the Transplant of Organs --
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4. Conclusion --
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Epilogue --
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References --
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Brief Biography --
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Web-based Appendices
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.14361/9783839437025
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839437025
