Organ Transplant Making the Most of Your Gift of Life
(Transplantation)
Finn, R., California, O'Reilly and Associates, 2000
ISBN 1-56592-64-X
Over 64,000 people in the US are living in limbo, awaiting an organ transplant. The good news is that transplants are becoming fairly routine surgical procedures and they do work miracles. People who have been ill for years often describe a feeling of being reborn after a transplant. However, those families who have been told that a loved one needs a transplant to live are thrust into a strange and worrying land.
Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life answers the concerns of families in this difficult situation, including:
- Deciding whether to have a transplant and choosing a transplant team
- The importance of the screening interview
- What factors go into determining a match, and what to do while waiting
- Detailed information on heart and lung, liver, kidney and pancreas, and other transplants
- Anti-rejection drugs and living with a transplant
- Emotional responses and support
- Specific situation such as living donors, transplants in children, meeting the donor family, etc.
Robert Finn, medical journalist and author, has interviewed dozens of patients, family members, and medical experts to present you with the latest facts about transplantation--as well as the stories behind them.
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