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INDEX aap vs. tum, 28, 98, 185 abba, 62 acetate dialysis, 56 adab al-tabib, 223–225 adal-badal, 193–196, 210 adhan, 156 adl, 78, 234n14 Aesculapian power of doctors, 51 age: dynamics of families, 68, 78; as excuse not to donate, 99; used as criteria for determining a donor, 147–150, 209 Ahmed, Akber, 152 Ahmed, Dr., 23, 25–26, 45–52, 63–64, 67–68, 184–185; on cadaveric organ donations, 35– 37; efforts to force family members to donate , 103–104, 105; ®oods in Sindh, 52–54; as gatekeeper, 118–120; handling of journalists asking for interview, 85–86; salary of, 231–232n31; seen as father ¤gure, 87, 88–89, 92–93, 105. See also staff of the Institute Aijaz (potential donor), 209–210, 211, 213–214 alamani, 241–242n15 Al-Bukhari, Imam Abi Abdullah Muhammad bin Ismail, 163 alhamdulillah, 4, 181 alim, 7 alim fazal, 173 Al-Jauziyah, Imam Ibn Al-Qaiyim, 237n31 Allah, 4; rights of God, 78 Allah-walley, 157 Al-Majma’ al-Fiqhi al-Islami, 33 alternative modes of therapy, 18, 155–161, 237n34; in India, 161 altruism, 125, 128–129, 135, 138, 218, 235n31 amanat, 6, 33 Amara, 239n15 American individualism, 232n4 American School, 176–179 ammi, 62 amulets. See gunda; taweez androcentric society, 16 angels. See farishtas anger at family members unwilling to donate , 57 animal research, 48, 231n27 anthropology, 228n15, 238–239n10; native anthropologists , 172–173, 238n4, 239n12 anthropomorphization of donated organ, 169 anti-paternalism, 75 Anwar (potential donor), 203, 204 apna khoon, 138 armchair anthropology, 238–239n10 arranged marriages, 69, 79 arterio-venous ¤stulae, 13, 206 Aslam (transplant recipient), 97–98 aunt. See khala; phupi authority ¤gure seen as family member, 60, 80 autonomy, 135, 224, 233n7, 235n31; in bioethics , 2, 3, 75, 227nn1–2; and individualism , 74, 75; of patients and families, 95 AVF. See arterio-venous ¤stulae Ayesha (transplant patient), 202–205, 212 Ayub (prophet), 229n22 Ayurvedic medicine, 157 azan, 4 Aziza (kidney donor), 159–161 Azra, Ms., 27, 59–66, 95–96, 189–190, 201– 202; efforts to force family members to donate, 102–103; as gatekeeper, 109; on married women donating, 118; protecting single women, 66, 70, 102, 107–108, 110– 111, 112–114, 117; providing update on cases, 212–214; view of Dr. Ahmed, 89. See also staff of the Institute baap, 80 Babu (ward boy), 48 bacha/bachon/bachey, 232n34 Badar, Dr., 24, 40–45, 89–91, 189, 199, 232n34; as gatekeeper, 109, 116–117; role as “mother” at Institute, 92; on single women as donors, 111–112. See also staff of the Institute bahir, 106, 146–147 bajee, 87–88 balanced, 78 Balinese culture and kinship terms, 234n15 Baloch, 4 bara/baree, 61, 64, 162, 168, 232n34 beard as mark of a religious Muslim, 105 bearded ones. See daree-wallas Beauchamp, Tom, 2, 108, 182, 222, 227n1, 241n11 beggars, patients as, 95–96 behan, 79 beliefs: interface of scienti¤c knowledge and lay “beliefs,” 155–161; magico-religious “beliefs ,” 154, 237n28; shared beliefs, 155–156 Benedict, Ruth, 228n15 bene¤cence, 2, 75, 227nn1–2, 229n21, 233n7 benevolence, 229n21 BG. See Bioethics Group bhai, 79 Bhutto, Zul¤qar Ali, 89–90 big. See bara/baree Bilquis (kidney donor), 196–197 bioethics, 82, 180–181, 182–183, 232–233nn5– 7, 234n20; birth of, 75; internationalizing, 225; principles of, 2–3, 227nn1–2, 233n7 Bioethics Group, 182 biopsies, 13 bismillah, 4 blood. See khoon Board of Internal Medicine, 93 Bohannan, Laura, 238–239n10 bone marrow transplants, 30 brain death criteria, 5, 31, 32, 33–34, 230– 231n17 breadwinner, 71, 131–132, 147, 154 British colonialism, impact on Pakistan, 177–178 Brody, Howard, 51, 93 brother. See bhai Browne, Edward G., 237n31 burials, 35 buying and selling of organs, 30, 33, 37–38, 125, 130, 216, 229–230n5, 236n20 cadaveric organ donations, 5–6, 30–37, 129– 130, 216, 229n17; lack of, 8; legalization of, 229–230n5; opposition to in Pakistan, 7 call to prayer. See adhan; azan CAPD. See continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis care ethics, 227n2 casualty department. See emergency department casuistry, 227n2 Center for Strategic and International Studies , 238n9 chacha, 79 chador, 99 chalak, 65 Chandnee (potential donor), 147–150 charismatic power of doctors, 51 charity to the poor. See sadqa child/children. See bacha/bachon/bachey Childress, James, 2, 9, 108, 182–183, 222, 227n1, 238n9, 241n11 chotee, 61, 64 Christianity, 74, 234n20, 236n23 civil rights, 175 clinic of con®ict. See Maar-Dhaar clinic clinic of sorrows. See Ghamon kaa clinic...

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