A Death Retold

Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8078-5773-1
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 659 g

Reihe: Studies in Social Medicine

In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight - she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan's tragedy became a portal into the complexities of American medicine, prompting contentious debate about new patterns and old problems in immigration, the hidden epidemic of medical error, the lines separating transplant ""haves"" from ""have-nots,"" the right to sue, and the challenges posed by ""foreigners"" crossing borders for medical care. This volume draws together experts in history, sociology, medical ethics, communication and immigration studies, transplant surgery, anthropology, and health law to understand the dramatic events, the major players, and the core issues at stake. Contributors view the Santillan story as a morality tale: about the conflicting values underpinning American health care; about the politics of transplant medicine; about how a nation debates deservedness, justice, and second chances; and about the global dilemmas of medical tourism and citizenship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wailoo, Keith

Guarnaccia, Peter

Livingston, Julie

Über Autor(innen)

Julie Livingston is assistant professor of history and author of <i>Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana</i>.Peter Guarnaccia is a medical anthropologist in the department of human ecology and has published numerous articles on cross-cultural issues in mental health. All three editors teach at Rutgers University, where they are affiliated with the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research