The title of this profound work conveys the bold, uncertain, and
often dangerous adventure in which medical professionals and their
organ transplant and dialysis patients are engaged. Built around a
series of case studies developed through years of first-hand
ethnographic research, The Courage to Fail is the product of
collaborative first-hand research concerned with various social
phenomena generated by transplantation and dialysis and also by the
development and deployment of an artificial heart. The authors
examine the individuals involved and the workings and atmosphere of
some of the medical centers in which these forms of therapy have
been developed. They examine "gift-exchange" dimensions of
transplantation: the transcendent and tyrannical aspects of the
"gift of life" that transplants entail for donors and recipients --
and for medical professionals as well. They also analyze the
dilemma of uncertainty inherent in medicine, which occurs with
particular force in the development of such experimental
techniques.
Since publication of the original edition, the authors have
continued to follow social and medical developments surrounding
organ transplants and dialysis. In their new introduction, they
discuss transplantation as a gift of life, how death is defined and
when it occurs, efforts to procure more organs, and organ
allocation and issues of equity. This book will be of interest to
physicians, medical students, medical sociologists, and anyone
interested in the history of and issues surrounding organ
replacement.
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