Bodies for Sale: Ethics and Exploitation in the Human Body Trade

An exploration of the philosophical and practical implications of practices such as surrogacy and organ harvesting. Wilkinson questions whether such commercial uses of the body need legislation to outlaw such practices.

Author: Stephen Wilkinson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/27/2003
Pages: 262
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.38w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780415266253

About the Author

Stephen Wilkinson is Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Philosophy at Keele University. He has published widely on health care ethics and applied philosophy in journals including Bioethics, the Journal of Applied Philosophy, the Journal of Medical Ethics and Medical Law Review. In 1999 his article on mental illness won the Philosophical Quarterly International Essay Prize.