Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/qBZwso The Generosity of the Dead A Sociology of Organ Procurement in France By: Graciela Nowenstein Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780754674320, 0754674320 eText ISBN: 9781317030782, 1317030788 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2010 Format: EPUB Available from $ 23.98 USD SKU 9781317030782R90 There has been a general assumption in the international debate surrounding organ procurement that Presumed Consent (opting-out) systems produce better results than Express Consent (opting-in) systems. This study uses the French case to challenge this widely held assumption and argues that the French presumed consent systems coexist with patterns of behaviour that in practice do not mobilize the law. It explores four key areas to current research in socio-legal studies focussing on the state and nature of social solidarity, social engineering and the changing nature of the citizen-state relations, state intervention in the event of death and discretion in use of corpses and recent modifications of the status of medical professionals as figures of authority and agents of state policy. Using material based on interviews with medical professionals, this title will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics, policy-makers and practitioners with an interest in this complex and topical subject. Additional ISBNs 9781138260085, 9780754674320, 1138260088, 0754674320, 9781138260085, 1138260088