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Many Sleepless Nights - The World of Organ Transplantation (Paperback)
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Many Sleepless Nights - The World of Organ Transplantation (Paperback)
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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 immersed himself in the
frantic night-and-day world of transplantation, living side by side
with transplant candidates and recipients, jetting though the night
with organ procurement teams, monitoring patients with surgeons and
nurses, observing in the operating room, participating in the
ethical and psychosocial evaluations of prospective patients which
help to determine who will receive scarce organs. During his four
years at Presbyterian and Children's Hospitals, Gutkind established
close relationships with many patients, and his portrayal of them,
living and sometimes dying under unbelievable stress, is a moving
and dramatic statement about the capacity of human beings to
endure. Many Sleepless Nights also outlines the history of organ
transplantation and tells the story of the large and complex
medical teams behind the operation. It captures the tension of the
search for viable organs; the pressure decisions about which
patients, among many, will receive them; and the surgery itself.Its
vivid portrayal of the transplant pioneer Thomas Starzl - a man
obsessed with saving lives - shows how a major innovator in
American medicine functions during days and nights of extreme
pressure.
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Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
1988 |
First published: |
July 1988 |
Authors: |
Lee Gutkind
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
372 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-33669-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-393-33669-7 |
Barcode: |
9780393336696 |
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