Totoy Bato a feature on how illegal kidney selling becomes an unavoidable means of financial survival for an Impoverished Filipino Community
Date of Publication
2011
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts Major in Communication Arts
Subject Categories
Communication
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Communication
Thesis Adviser
Elvin Valerio
Defense Panel Chair
Judy Freya Sibayan
Abstract/Summary
This study focused on how the economically disadvantaged residents of Brgy. Kasiglahan in Montalban, Rizal resort to the selling of their kidneys for financial survival. Social constructionism applies to this research since the residents uphold the idea that kidney trade would lead them out from poverty. Despite their awareness that it can result to long-term health complications and that it does not guarantee social mobility, they still opt to believe that it would give them a financially stable life. Even if the donors before have proven that kidney sale has not really been an effective means to improve their living conditions, numerous residents would still engage in it. Their experience of poverty has simply made kidney donation a vicious cycle in their community.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU14694
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Keywords
Feature films; Sale of organs, tissues, etc.; Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
Recommended Citation
Agdon, M. C., Carpio, M. S., & Chua, A. A. (2011). Totoy Bato a feature on how illegal kidney selling becomes an unavoidable means of financial survival for an Impoverished Filipino Community. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10814
Embargo Period
2-4-2022