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Пазаруване на тела: Превръщане на телесните части в печалба

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Дона Дикенсън (1946) е американски философ. Специализира в областта на медицинската етика. Член е на центъра Етокс в Оксфорд, заслужил професор по медицинска етика и хуманитарни науки в Лондонския университет и хоноруван учен в Центъра по етика и медицина при Бристолския университет. Написала е над двайсет книги в областта на медицинската етика и биоетиката.

„В днешно време търговията с човешка тъкан, подобно на всяка друга стока, започва още от времето преди раждането и стига до третирането на тялото след смъртта", пише Дона Дикенсън. Търгува се както с яйцеклетки за оплождане ин-витро и за научни експерименти, така и с костите на покойниците, поверени на грижите на погребални бюра и патоанатоми. Почти всеки е чувал за нелегалната продажба на бъбреци, изтръгнати на безценица от нуждаещи се хора от Третия свят. Дона Дикенсън интерпретира случаите на злоупотреби, като ги полага в парадигмата на експлоатацията, разработена от Маркс, и спрямо идеите за личната собственост на Джон Лок. Нейното амбициозно интердисциплинарно изследване отправя предизвикателство към медици, юристи и хуманитаристи, като не пести негативизма си към злоупотребите с пазаруването на тела и стряскащата недалновидност на учени и политици към ефектите на нерегулирания пазар.

„Книга, повдигаща тревожни въпроси и разкрива слабо познати области. Всеки, който се интересува от медицина и обществени науки и от тяхното взаимодействие, трябва да обърне внимание на това изследване". - Филип Пулман

312 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

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June 8, 2024
Very interesting read. Is quite an old book now, so would be interesting to see whether the concerns raised here have been at all met in contemporary research and approaches to the commodification of the body and its parts.
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March 6, 2010
Advertisements are out there to offer egg donors amounts from $4500 to $50000, of which the genetic traits would determine the price. Blonde, tall, athletic and musical donors can get a higher remuneration! That's terrible! This trend is actually gaining momentum in the western countries!

What is even more alarming is that some biotech companies even offer pools of embryos - selecting only sperm donors with a higher degree and egg donors in their twenties with at least a college education - for the customors to choose. They defended their service as choice - choice a good thing!

Do they know what they are doing now? They are simply producing babies to order and custom-made!

This is just one of the examples of what the author called "body shopping" - the trend of making the body as a commodity and giving every body part a price tag.

This book is illuminating,especially in the century of biotechnology.

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September 13, 2010
I feel a little bit bad for giving this book only two stars, because it's sharp, insightful, and got me thinking a lot about the ethics of tissue "donation." However, it really could've been a feature in a sunday paper, and been left at that. I really like Dickenson's dissection (forgive me, I must pun!) of the ethics and laws around patents, human tissue, and banking of biodata, but the science wasn't written in an engaging way.
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December 11, 2010
This book presented basic information and a couple of famous cases involving the commercialisation of body parts, in particular eggs, and the relevant laws. However the ideas were not very well justified and elaborated, and they felt too emotional and one-sided at times. Overall an interesting read to gain some information but not very useful for obtaining a holistic, well-considered picture of the situation.
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January 17, 2009
It reads much like a thesis. I found the first few chapters really interesting but it seemed to get more wordy and not so interesting as it progressed. Still some great jaw dropping facts and a scary notion of where the idustry is heading.
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September 28, 2009
this book still has me thinking. I found it fascinating and rather worrying. I would recommend it for anyone interested in bioethics and international trade. It is well written and very clear.
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