Body Shopping: The Economy Fuelled by Flesh and Blood

Donna Dickenson is the first woman recipient of the International Spinoza Lens award for her contribution to public debate on ethics. She is Professor Emerita of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of London, and former John Ferguson Professor of Global Ethics at the University of Birmingham, UK. www.donnadickenson.net

"Donna Dickenson's 'Body Shopping' is an alarming and illuminating book. No-one with any interest at all in medicine and society and how they interact should miss this." Philip Pullman"For those of us who believe that the world would be a better place if our bodies' weren't strip mined for cash, Dickenson is a voice of wit, wisdom and hope. Body Shopping digs deep in its exploration of the true value of the human body." Francoise Baylis, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy at Dalhousie University. "Body Shopping distils the key bits of information that other media sources invariably omit, and poses the difficult questions that many researchers, policy-makers and funders don't want to see asked. Donna Dickenson enables all of us to begin finding practical answers to the unprecedented commercialisation of human bodies from BC to AD-- before conception to after death." Sarah Sexton, A Director of The Corner House, a public interest group working towards human rights and environmental and social justice."Blending shrewd policy analysis with a gift for storytelling, Donna Dickenson offers a riveting expose of the modern marketplace for human body parts and a compelling call to action." Lori Andrews, Law professor, co-author of GENETICS: ETHICS, LAW AND POLICY and author of the novel, THE SILENT ASSASSIN."As a professional working in the field of human reproduction and medical education I have a permanent ense of inchoate disquiet about the 'business' of fertility. She has crystallised my sense of disquiet into a firm desire to resist the 'objectification' and 'commodification' of the human body. This book is accessible and fascinating and I will definitely be sharing it with my students." Martin Lupton, consultant obstetrician and honorary senior lecturer at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London