Bodily Exchanges, Bioethics and Border Crossing

Erik Malmqvist, PhD, is Lecturer in Philosophy of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the Department of Thematic Studies: Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden. His research interests include ethical issues in organ and tissue transplantation, biomedical research, assisted reproduction and vaccination. Currently his research focuses on the ethics of international clinical research and of commodifying the human body. His publications have appeared in journals such as The Lancet, Bioethics, Hastings Center Report, Journal of Medical Ethics and Journal of Applied Philosophy.

Medical advances enable us to make our bodies available to others in an increasing number of ways, for instance, via organ, tissue, egg and sperm donation and surrogate motherhood. This cutting-edge book develops new ways of understanding the ethical, social and cultural aspects of different such bodily exchanges.

1. Introduction: Bodily Exchanges, Bioethics and Border Crossing 2. The Lived Body and Personal Identity: The Ontology of Exiled Body Parts 3. Putting the Gift Relationship to Test: The Peculiar Case of Research on Discarded Human Tissue 4. "I Wouldn¿t Put Them on eBay!" Discourses on Money, Markets and Meanings amongst IVF Patients Volunteering for a UK "Egg Sharing for Research" Scheme 5. Sharing Organs for Transplantation: Altruism as Kagandahang Loob 6. Sharing Amidst Scarcity: The Commons as Innovative Transgression in Xeno- and Allo- Transplant Science 7. Sharing the Embodied Experience of Pregnancy: The Case of Surrogate Motherhood 8. Relational Ontology and Ethics in Online Organ Solicitation: The Problem of Sharing One¿s Body when Being Touched Online 9. The Transplant Imaginary and Its Postcolonial Hauntings 10. Managing Hope and Spiritual Distress: The Centrality of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Combatting Stem Cell Travel 11. International Clinical Research and the Problem of Benefiting from Injustice 12. The Ethics of Transactions in an Unjust World 13. Concluding Reflections: Bodily Exchanges as Sharing