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51 Me. L. Rev. 169 (1999)
Fragmented Bodies, Legal Privilege, and Commodification in Science and Medicine

handle is hein.journals/maine51 and id is 177 raw text is: FRAGMENTED BODIES, LEGAL PRIVILEGE, AND COMMODIFICATION IN SCIENCE AND MEDICINE L INTRODUCTION: LAW, SCIENCE, AND COMMODIFICATION OF THE B ODY ................................................................................................ 170 II. THE RISE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ......................................... 175 A. The Professional Authority of Science and Medicine ................ 175 B. The Origins of Social Transformation: Physician Versus Q uack ..................................................................................... 176 C. The Discourse of Progress in Science and Medicine ................. 180 D. The Aesthetics of Science and Medicine .................................... 180 E. The Economic Autonomy of Medicine ........................................ 182 IL THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE BODY IN SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH ........................................................................ 183 A. Perceptions Surrounding Organ Donation ................................ 184 B. The Organ Donation Process ..................................................... 184 C. Legal Discourse of the Modem Body ........................................ 193 IV. THE LEGAL BODY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY .......................................... 198 A. The Shiftfrom the Modem to the Postmodern Condition .......... 198 B. The Legal Reaction to Biotechnology ........................................ 200 C. Congress, Cloning, and the Roslin Institute .............................. 202 D. The Business of Cloning ............................................................ 205 E. Discourse of the Body in the Biotech Industry ........................... 207 V. CONCLUSION .................................................................................... 209

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