Lesley A Sharp: 4 books
Strange Harvest
Organ Transplants, Denatured Bodies, and the Transformed Self
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2006
Strange Harvest illuminates the wondrous yet disquieting medical realm of organ transplantation by drawing on the voices of those most deeply involved: transplant recipients, clinical specialists, and the surviving kin of deceased organ donors. In this rich and deeply engaging ethnographic study,...
The Transplant Imaginary
Mechanical Hearts, Animal Parts, and Moral Thinking in Highly Experimental Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2013
In The Transplant Imaginary, author Lesley Sharp explores the extraordinarily surgically successful realm of organ transplantation, which is plagued worldwide by the scarcity of donated human parts, a quandary that generates ongoing debates over the marketing of organs as patients die waiting for...
Animal Ethos
The Morality of Human-Animal Encounters in Experimental Lab Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
What kinds of moral challenges arise from encounters between species in laboratory science? Animal Ethos draws on ethnographic engagement with academic labs in which experimental research involving nonhuman species provokes difficult questions involving life and death, scientific progress, and other...
Happy Homicides 4: Fall Into Crime
Happy Homicides Mystery Anthologies, #4
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Find your new favorite author - or enjoy a new story by an old fave - with this collection of clean mysteries. Cuddle up with intrepid sleuths, stunning locations, and puzzling crimes. Includes an email address for a free illustrated bonus file with recipes and craft ideas that go along with stories...