Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine - The Malaysian Transplant Venture

The discourse on transplantation and brain death in Malaysia is complex, involving scientific, religious, modernising, and traditional perspectives, with debates on adequate medical care, death, and dying. This work captures the heterogeneous and often contradictory views on the Malaysian transplant venture and the treatment option of end-stage organ failure from the Malay and Chinese population, physicians, state officials, and Muslim, Buddhist, and Daoist clergy. It also addresses the use of and extent to which biomedicine and medical technology benefit its people.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 298 pages
Publication date: 08 December 2021
Publisher: Transcript Verlag

Transplantation and brain death have become central issues in debates surrounding adequate medical care, death, and dying, with scientific, religious, modernizing, traditional, academic, and popular voices offering diverse perspectives on the Malaysian transplant venture and the treatment option of end-stage organ failure from the Malay and Chinese population, physicians, state officials, and Muslim, Buddhist, and Daoist clergy. This work captures the heterogeneous and often contradictory views on the Malaysian transplant venture and the treatment option of end-stage organ failure from the Malay and Chinese population, physicians, state officials, and Muslim, Buddhist, and Daoist clergy. It also addresses vital issues as to the use of and extent to which biomedicine and medical technology in contemporary Malaysia actually benefits its people.

Weight: 404g
Dimension: 294 x 240 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783837637021