... Mexico organ transplant sacred profane moral duality ...

..., science and the supernatural, insiders and outsiders in how the work of transplant proceeded in Mexico, as well as in how it was perceived. Both life-giving and death-ridden, transplant medicine seems always to invite awe and horror in nearly equal measure, evoking a deep moral duality that recalls...

... it was perceived. Both life-giving and death-ridden, transplant medicine seems always to invite awe and horror in nearly equal measure, evoking a deep moral duality that recalls the notion of the icon in its religious form, as both saintly image and possible false god. Examining at close range some of the key...