Matching Organs with Donors

Marie-Andree Jacob is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Keele University.

Introduction: Matching Chapter 1. Ethnography Through Transplants and Vice Versa Chapter 2. Consent Forms, Differences, and Indifference Chapter 3. Kinship as Template Chapter 4. Committee-ing "Family Donations" Chapter 5. The Evidence of Altruism Chapter 6. Exits and Promises: Signatures, Loopholes, and Swaps Conclusion: Kin Relations, Legal Relations, and Transplants Appendices A: Living Organ Transplant Directive B: National Organ Transplant Act Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

"A rich exploration of organ donation in Israel and the United States, based on detailed ethnographic research. Through a wide range of interviewees and observations, Jacob teases out the workings of the formal, informal and sometimes illicit practices that take place within the field, concentrating her scrutiny on the matching of individuals and the exchange of organs through the dual and linked lenses of kinship and legality." (Legal Studies) "An arresting account of how the law expands and contracts, how bureaucratic artifacts are at once adopted and resisted, and not least how one might think about kin relations. The book will appeal to many readerships: for this reader here is where the unexpected lay. Matching Organs with Donors offers a brilliant, compelling and satisfyingly unconventional exploration of that enigma, modern kinship. And it is all done with a wonderfully light touch-a breath of fresh air indeed. The result is a superb example of just how open-minded enquiry can bring new terms into ethical debate and practice." (Marilyn Strathern, Girton College, University of Cambridge)