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How death becomes life: notes from a transplant surgeon

By Joshua , Mezrich

Book information

Publisher
Atlantic Books
Year
2019
ISBN
9781786498861, 9781786498878, 9781786498885, 178649888X
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
580 kB (594319 bytes)
Edition
Main
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Gripping and evocative, How Death Becomes Life takes us inside the operating room and presents the stark dilemmas that transplant surgeons must face daily: How much risk should a healthy person be allowed to take to save someone she loves? Should a patient suffering from alcoholism receive a healthy liver? The human story behind the most exceptional medicine of our time and it is a poignant reminder that a life lost can also offer the hope of a new beginning. Leading transplant surgeon Dr Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, moving organs from one body to another. In this intimate, profoundly moving work, he examines more than one hundred years of remarkable medical breakthroughs, connecting this fascinating history with the stories of his own patients.

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