Når døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA

Når døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA

Dead children as ";the gift of life";. Unisex motherhood and organ donation in America The focus of this article is how American women, especially mothers of organ donors dominate organizational support efforts for donor families, the implications this has for men, and the many new underst...

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Autor principal: Anja Marie Bornø Jensen
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Publicado: The Royal Danish Library 2008
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8b122e1c31dc478bb9930277c4eb22e12021-12-01T00:08:23ZNår døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA10.7146/kkf.v0i1-2.279622245-6937https://doaj.org/article/8b122e1c31dc478bb9930277c4eb22e12008-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://tidsskrift.dk/KKF/article/view/27962https://doaj.org/toc/2245-6937Dead children as ";the gift of life";. Unisex motherhood and organ donation in America The focus of this article is how American women, especially mothers of organ donors dominate organizational support efforts for donor families, the implications this has for men, and the many new understandings of motherhood this medical context gives rise to. Based on anthropological field studies from the US, this article analyses the efforts of American organ organizations to support and comfort families in the time after the organ donation and explores the limited options for men to engage in this interaction, except by acting like ‘mothers'. By exploring how women speak about donation and engage in many different social relations to organ recipients and others, this article give rise to new perceptions of motherhood and discusses how gender is acted out in this particular field.Anja Marie Bornø JensenThe Royal Danish LibraryarticleSocial SciencesHDAENNBSVKvinder, Køn & Forskning, Iss 1-2 (2008)
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Når døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA
description Dead children as ";the gift of life";. Unisex motherhood and organ donation in America The focus of this article is how American women, especially mothers of organ donors dominate organizational support efforts for donor families, the implications this has for men, and the many new understandings of motherhood this medical context gives rise to. Based on anthropological field studies from the US, this article analyses the efforts of American organ organizations to support and comfort families in the time after the organ donation and explores the limited options for men to engage in this interaction, except by acting like ‘mothers'. By exploring how women speak about donation and engage in many different social relations to organ recipients and others, this article give rise to new perceptions of motherhood and discusses how gender is acted out in this particular field.
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title Når døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA
title_short Når døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA
title_full Når døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA
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title_full_unstemmed Når døde børn er livets gave - Unisex moderskab og organdonation i USA
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