Many Sleepless Nights: The World of Organ Transplantation
By Lee Gutkind.
Description
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-Univer...
ISBN(s)
0393025209, 9780393025200
