Join us for this topical public lecture presented by visiting academic Professor Susan Lederer.
Title: 'This Little Kidney Went to Market: Historical perspectives on buying human organs for transplantation'
Abstract:
Organ transplantation is one of the most dramatic innovations in 20th century medicine. Since the 1950s, thousands of people have lived with kidneys, corneas, hearts, lungs and other tissues harvested from others—living and dead. From the start, the scarcity of such tissues and organs posed issues for patients and surgeons, and one solution frequently offered has been compensating individuals or their families. This talk explores the history of paying for 'body merchandise' and fears sparked by 'trafficking in human bodies.
Bio:
Professor Susan E. Lederer is a leading researcher in the history of medicine and bioethics and has written extensively on the history of animal and human experimentation. She is the current chair of the Department of Medical History and Bioethics in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Susan is the Robert Turrell Professor of the History of Medicine and Bioethics ,and the incoming president of the American Association for the History of Medicine, the major professional society supporting the history of medicine.
Lecturer:
Professor Susan E. Lederer, Ph.D.
Robert Turell Professor of History of Medicine and Bioethics
Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Date: Tuesday 18 September
Time: 6-7.30pm
Location: AMRF Lecture Theatre, Room 505-011, Grafton Campus
RSVP by Tuesday 11 September to Ranjeeni Ram
For more information about this event please contact Associate Professor Phillipa Malpas
