Abstract
AbstractThe exploration of stem cell transplantation (SCT), especially as a socially situated phenomenon, demands a combination of empirical, biological and bioethical insights. Questions of identity, of gifting, and of mortality abound, and in kin SCT where the whole process happens within the complex relationships of a single unit, the intertwined impact on lived experience is highly concentrated. In looking at everything involved in the understanding of SCT – the biomedical procedure, the individual and collective experiences of the family, the data collected, the expertise and expectations of the researchers, and the varying analyses applied – what emerges, building on a Deleuzian framework, is a knowledge assemblage.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing