Veins of devotion : blood donation and religious experience in north India

Veins of devotion blood donation and religious experience in north India

According to public health orthodoxy, blood for transfusion is safer when derived from voluntary, nonremunerated donors. As developing nations phase out compensated blood collection efforts to comply with this current policy, many struggle to keep their blood stores up. Veins of Devotion details rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Copeman, Jacob (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press c2009.
New Brunswick, NJ : [2008]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Studies in medical anthropology.
Subjects:
Blood > Collection and preservation > India > Delhi.
Blood donors > India > Delhi.
Blood > Social aspects > India > Delhi.
Blood > Religious aspects.
Kinship > India > Delhi.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009649804206719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Generative generosity
  • The reform of the gift
  • Devotion and donation
  • Blood donation in the zone of religious spectacles
  • Utility saints and donor-soldiers
  • The nehruvian gift
  • Conclusion.

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