Many Sleepless Nights The World of Organ Transplantation

Name: Many Sleepless Nights The World of Organ Transplantation
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ISBN: 9780393336696

ISBN-10: 0393336697

ISBN-13: 9780393336696

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lee Gutkind

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Although organ transplantation is the preeminent medical miracle of the last quarter of a century, Many Sleepless Nights is the first book to go beyond the headlines and describe the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life, the intricate medical procedures that can save them, the surgeons and nurses who work in this emotionally charged world, and the ethics which complicate this miracle high-tech therapy. Lee Gutkind was granted unconditional access to the world's largest transplant center - the University of Pittsburgh's Presbyterian-University and Children's hospitals, where there is an organ transplant every eight hours, 365 days per year. For four years he…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English