Hagai Boas, "The Political Economy of Organ Transplantation: Where Do Organs Come From?" (Routledge, 2022)
This is the story of organ transplantation, told from the organ\u2019s point of view.\nOrgans for transplantations come from two sources: living or post-mortem organ donations. These sources set different routes of movement from one body to another.\nPostmortem organ donations are mainly sourced and allocated by state agencies, while living organ donations are the result of informal relations between donor and recipient. Each route traverses different social institutions, determines discrete interaction between donor and recipient, and is charged with moral meanings that can be competing and contrasting.\nThe political economy of organs for transplants is the gamut of these routes and their interconnections, and this book explains what such a political economy looks like: its features and contours, its negotiation of the roles of the state, market and the family in procuring organs for transplantations, and its ultimate moral justifications.\nDrawing on Boas\u2019 personal experiences of waiting, searching and obtaining organs, each autobiographical section of the book sheds light on a different aspect of the political economy of organs \u2013 post-mortem donations, parental donation, and organ market \u2013 and illustrates the experience of living with the fear of rejection and the intimidation of chronic shortage.\nBoas combines a rigorous academic analysis of the political economy of organ supply for transplantation with autobiographical narratives that illuminate the complex experience of being an organ recipient.\nThe author, Hagai Boas invites your comments and questions. Contact him at Hagaib@vanleer.org.il\nRenee Garfinkel, Ph.D. is a psychologist, writer, Middle East television commentator and host of The New Books Network\u2019s\xa0Van Leer Jerusalem\xa0Series on Ideas. Write her at reneeg@vanleer.org.il. She's on Twitter @embracingwisdom. She blogs\xa0here\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law