Banking on the Body

Description:

Each year Americans supply blood, sperm, and breast milk to "banks" that store these products for use by strangers in medical procedures. Who gives, who receives, who profits? Kara Swanson traces body banks from the first experiments that discovered therapeutic uses for body products to current websites that facilitate a thriving global exchange.

subjects: Biological products,  Blood banks,  History,  Sperm banks,  Breast milk,  Collection and preservation,  Legislation & jurisprudence,  Milk Banks,  History, 19th Century,  History, 20th Century,  History, 21st Century,  Metaphor,  Biological Specimen Banks,  Economic aspects