Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine : The Malaysian Transplant Venture / Jenny Schreiber.

By:

Schreiber, Jenny [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9783839437025

Subject(s):

-- Malaysia -- Religious aspects

LOC classification:

RD120.7 .S347 2017

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures, List of Tables, List of web-based Appendices -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Preliminary Remarks -- Preface -- Abstract / Zusammenfassung -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine -- 3. Malaysian Lifeworlds, Medical Pluralism, and the Transplant of Organs -- 4. Conclusion -- Epilogue -- References -- Brief Biography -- Web-based Appendices

Title is part of eBook package: Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook PackageTitle is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2017Title is part of eBook package: transcript eBook Package English Contemporary 2016-2018Summary: 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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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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