Understanding Organ Donation: Discourses of Embodied Recycling

Across the UK deceased donor families (DDF) are declining donation. A services transformation gap persists between what DDF say they will do, and what they actually do in the event of organ donation. This study seeks to ‘flesh out’ factors associated with family consent to build a conceptual model of ‘corporeal market making’.



Citation:

Rebecca Scott and Samantha Warren (2018) ,"Understanding Organ Donation: Discourses of Embodied Recycling", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 121-126.

Authors

Rebecca Scott, Cardiff University
Samantha Warren, Car



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018



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