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An ethnographic analysis of organ transplantation in Turkey, based on the stories of kidney-transplant patients and physicians in Istanbul.
Critics and audiences often judge films, books and other media as "great" --but what does that really mean? This collection of new essays examines the various criteria by which degrees of greatness (or not-so) are constructed--whether by personal, political or social standards--through topics in cinema, literature and adaptation. The contributors recognize how issues of value vary across different cultures, and explore what those differences say about attitudes and beliefs.
This updated volume gives a clear description of transplantation surgery and covers the recent developments and innovations that have occurred within the field. New chapters on the management of graft dysfunction, organ preservation, new immunosuppressive drugs, molecular medicine and transplantation, robotics in transplantation, and organ bio-engineering are included. The book aims to be an authoritative guide to transplantation surgery that will help improve the likeliness of procedures being successful. This book will be relevant to transplant surgeons, physicians, and nephrologists.
Living Organ Donor Transplantation, Second Edition puts the entire discipline in perspective while guiding readers step-by-step through the most common organ transplant surgeries. Organized into four cohesive parts and featuring numerous surgical illustrations, this sourcebook delivers an incisive look at every key consideration for general surgeons who perform transplantations, from patient selection to recipient workup and outcomes, and emphasizes the most humanitarian approaches. Sections provide content on living donor uterus transplantation, new operative techniques, including the use of robotic and minimally invasive transplant procedures, new immunosuppressive regimens, new protocols ...
What Is Head Transplant An experimental surgical procedure known as a head transplant involves grafting the head of one organism onto the body of another creature. This grafting takes place during a head transplant. In several of the tests, the head of the receiver was not removed; however, in other experiments, the head was removed. The early 1900s saw the beginning of the practice of conducting experiments on animals. As of the year 2022, there has been no achievement of long-term success. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Head transplant Chapter 2: Organ donation Chapter 3: Organ (biology) Chapter 4: Brain transplant Chapter 5: Organ...
Esra Ozyllrek, author of Nostalgia for the Modern: State Specularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey --
With the decree-laws adopted under state of emergency declared following the coup attempt on 15 July 2016, more than 125 thousand people have been dismissed their professions and more than three thousand organizations and institution have been closed down. As a grounds for the measures adopted for natural and real persons, it is shown that those who are considered to "have relation", "connection" or "contact" with terrorist organizations or structure/entities, organizations or groups established as engaging in activities against the national security of the State by the National Security Council, which has no judicial duty, whose resolutions are of advisory nature for the Council of Minister...
A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title Organ Donation in Islam: The Interplay of Jurisprudence, Ethics, and Society delves into the complexities and nuances of organ donation in Muslim communities. A diverse group of authors including Muslim jurists, academic researchers, clinicians and policy stakeholders engage with the multi-faceted topic. Contributions from Sunni and Shia scholars are positioned alongside each other, giving the reader an appreciation of the different Islamic traditions and legal methodologies; and qualitative research examining the views and potential concerns of Muslim families towards donating organs of loved ones is juxtaposed with the work of academicians a...
This book aims at exploring the logic of political survival in Turkish politics studying the case of the AKP and using evidence from elite interviews, party documents, public speeches, and developments and changes for exploring AKP’s political survival in the chapters. These evidences indicate that there are four independent variables of dependent variable which is AKP’s political survival; -- the legitimization of AKP’s conservatism (2002-2007), AKP’s power struggle with Kemalist elites (2007-2011), AKP’s populism and authoritarianism (2011-2014) and the instrumentalization of Islamism and nationalism under Erdogan’s leadership (2014-2018) -- within the AKP’s four terms. In ot...