Contemporary legends, rumours and collective behaviour: some neglected resources for medical sociology?
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The "Missing Kidney" contemporary legend describes a person who visited a nightclub, vanished for a weekend, then reappeared with a kidney having been surgically removed. This story has been reported as fact in many countries and illustrates the gap between public understanding and medical science.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2001
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The phenomenology of death, embodiment and organ transplantation
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Medical case interviews with donor families yield beliefs regarding death, links to the deceased, and the body in death, and how these beliefs influenced the organs donated and the donation decision. Discussion also includes how these beliefs contribute to the discourse on personal identity.
Publication Name: Sociology of Health & Illness
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0141-9889
Year: 2005
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