El cuerpo muerto y sus partes vivas en la moral católica. Algunas claves históricas de la donación de órganos en España, 1903-1960

Abstract

The first medical and surgical experiences of donating and transplanting body parts generated a new concept and perception of the human body as a territorialized and capitalized unit, composed of replaceable and functional parts. The press articles analyzed in this research reveal how, during the first half of the XXth century, Franco's government and the Catholic doctrine, as well as the coalition of political, clerical and scientific hegemony, led to the cultural construction of donation as a proof of charity and Christian love and to an interpretation of the human body as a common good, available to serve others. © 2013 CSIC.