**Monday, January 28th, 2008, 2 pm - 5 pm, Rm 154S at the Munk Centre**

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

The Lupina Foundation & Comparative Program on Health and Society at the 
Munk Centre for International Studies in the University of Toronto, and 
the Trillium Gift of Life Network

present

****Transplanted Bodies, Transformed Lives:  The Commodification of 
Human Organs****

Overview:

Improvements in transplant technology, the global commercialization of 
health care, and the increasing divide between rich and poor have 
created conditions for a thriving trade in human organs. The 
commodification of human organs raises complex social, ethical, and 
moral issues for all involved.  This symposium will explore arguments in 
favour of and against the legalization of the human organ trade.  It 
will bring together different perspectives from researchers, academics, 
a transplant surgeon, and a kidney transplant recipient for discussion 
and debate.

Presenters:

Lesley Sharp (Professor of Anthropology, Barnard College, and Senior 
Research Scientists, Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public 
Health, Columbia University)
Jeffrey Zaltzman (Chief Medical Officer of Transplant, Trillium Gift of 
Life Network, and Associate Professor, University of Toronto)

Stephen Scharper (Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Religion 
and the Centre for the Environment, University of Toronto, and the 
Department of Anthropology,  University of Toronto at Mississauga)

Monir Moniruzzaman (CPHS Research Associate, HCTP Doctoral Fellow, and 
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto)

Robert Zurrer (Kidney Transplant Recipient)

Monday, January 28th, 2008, 2-5 pm, Room 154S
Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Pl., Toronto, ON.

The symposium will be followed by a small reception.

If you are planning to attend, please register using the Munk Centre new 
e-registration system by visiting:
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=5758

If you have any difficulties registering, please e-mail 
[log in to unmask] or call 416-946-8891

For more information on CPHS fellowships, events, papers, and people, 
please see www.utoronto.ca/cphs or contact M. Bianca Seaton at 
[log in to unmask] or 416-946-8891.


-- 
M. Bianca Seaton, PhD Candidate
Program Manager and Advisor
Comparative Program on Health and Society
Munk Centre for International Studies, Rm 160S (South House)
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario  M5S 3K7  Canada
phone: 416-946-8891
fax: 416-946-8915
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www.utoronto.ca/cphs

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