Decker, Oliver, 1968-

Commodified bodies organ transplantation and the organ trade / [electronic resource] : by Oliver Decker ; translated by Steven Rendall. - London : Routledge, 2014. - 1 online resource (xvii, 207 p.) : ill. - Routledge studies in science, technology and society ; 24 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. On the social psychology of medicine -- 2. The miraculous leg transplantation and the veneration of relics -- 3. Fetishism : salvific good, commodity, body -- 4. The commodified body.

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Commodity fetishism.
Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Economic aspects.
Organ trafficking.
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.