| View Larger Image | Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life | Paperbackby Robert Finn (Author), Reg Green (Foreword)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Patient Center Guides | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 326 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 15, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 983,005rd |
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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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 6 reviews)
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A GREAT SOURCE FOR CANDIDATES AND RECEIPIENTS by David Hollar (Maryland, USA)  5 Stars
March 17, 2009
This book is an excellent source of information for anyone who is waiting for, already has, or is considering a transplant. It tells everything you want and need to know about this frightening surgery.
My heart transplant took place before (1991) this book was written. I only wish I could have read it in 1990.
Mr. NewHeart - Heart Attack to Transplant and Beyond
Mr. NewHeart (New Heart): Heart Attack to Transplant and Beyond
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Still Valuable Information by Tina P. Schwartz 5 Stars
May 10, 2006
This book was the only one of its kind for a long time. In fact, I found it years after my father's liver transplant, and found it helpful even "after the fact."
With new information coming out daily, and treatments progressing so rapidly, I continue to keep an eye out for more books on the subject of organ donation and transplantation. I'm interested in the most up-to-date information AND interviews with all types of recipients. I want to know how other people (besides the recipient) feel during and after the process.
Mr. Finn's book is outstanding, and reports from a PATIENT'S point of view. An excellent accompaniment that I suggest for FAMILY members of a transplant recipient is "ORGAN TRANSPLANTS: A Suvival Guide for the Entire Family".
-- Tina P. Schwartz, YA Author
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A True Sourcebook for Information on Transplants by Tina Schwartz (Chicagoland Suburbs) 5 Stars
May 09, 2002
There is such a scarce amount of information for families of transplant recipients. In fact, this is the only book on the subject at my local library. I found it extremely helpful and informative for many of the technical questions I had about what my father went through and would continue to endure. (He had a liver transplant 7 years ago.) I wish I had found it years ago! Thank you Robert Finn!
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Bravo 5 Stars
January 21, 2001
As a clinical social worker that works with patients facing the possibility of organ transplantation, I picked up this book with the hope that it would be something I could recommend to patients. It did not disappoint me! Very well written and comprehensive, it gives a huge amount of information in an easy to understand format. It is also a very interesting read - I had a hard time putting it down! It is a great starting point for people that are just beginning to learn about transplant. I will be strongly recommending it to all patients and families that I meet as part of the pre-transplant evaluation process.
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Addresses my specific concerns well by David E. Levine (Peekskill , NY USA) 5 Stars
August 21, 2000
My tissue matched up as a kidney donor for a friend who is on dialysis. I needed a reference that would answer my questions as I look down the road to my surgery as a donor. This book, while geared to recipients, addressed my concerns. There are several general chapters that most readers will want to read. Then, the book continues with chapters relating to specific concerns such as heart transplants, kidney transplants, each of the other organ transplants, relationships with the surviving family members of a donor, financial considerations, rejection of the organ, etc. The book clearly explains the system for getting on the "list" and the wait until a donor is found. It also describes the day of surgery as the recipient "gets the call" that an organ has been found. The surgery for each of the different types of organ transplants is lucidly explained. My main interest is living donors and there is a fine chapter on that topic. I found myself reading the book, nearly from cover to cover because I enjoyed educating myself on all aspects of transplants. The only chapter I skipped was one that is very specific on the medical regimen for combating rejection. However, for a potential recipient, this chapter would be of crucial interest (although of little interest to me as a donor). The information is very well organized and anyone with questions about transplants will find this book to be an indispensible reference.
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Transplant: From Myth to Reality
by Dr. Nicholas L. Tilney M.D. (Author)
One of the most spectacular medical advances of the twentieth century, organ transplantation has become a generally effective and routine treatment for patients with organ failure. In this riveting book, a well-known expert in the fields of clinical transplantation and transplantation research traces the evolution of organ transplantation from its initial stirrings in the imaginations of the ancients to its current status as accepted treatment for nearly 40,000 patients each year. Drawing often...
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| The Gift that Heals: Stories of hope, renewal and transformation through organ and tissue donation
by Reg Green (Author)
The stories in this book are about life coming out of death. A police officer, left for dead in a hail of bullets, can golf and fish again; a woman, whose lungs were at one time so diseased that she was dependent on oxygen, has since climbed 5,000 feet to the summit of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park carrying a 25-pound backpack; a man who was fighting for his life went on to become an Olympic champion. On one side, they tell of transplanted human organs and tissue transforming lives and,...
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| The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon
by Thomas Starzl (Author)
Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extraordinary that a major, international pioneer in the controversial field of transplant surgery should have written a spellbinding, and heart-wrenching, autobiography. Thomas Starzl grew up in LeMars, Iowa, the son of a newspaper publisher and a nurse. His father also wrote science fiction and was acquainted with the writer Ray...
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| Raising the Dead: Organ Transplants, Ethics, and Society
by Ronald Munson (Author)
Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation. Each year some 25,000 Americans are pulled back from the brink of death by receiving vital new organs. Another 5,000 die while waiting for them. And what distinguishes these two groups has become the source of one of our thorniest ethical questions.
In Raising the Dead, Ronald Munson offers a vivid, often wrenchingly...
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| Coping with an Organ Transplant: A Practical Guide
by Elizabeth Parr (Author), Janet Mize (Author)
Here is the only book written by a transplant recipient for the more than 20,000 people who receive organ transplants each year. Elizabeth Parr received a liver transplant six years ago, and coauthor Janet Mize acted as her transplant nurse coordinator. Together, they answer the critical questions about transplant procedure, walking the reader through every step of the process-from determining organ candidacy to preparing for the surgery to long-term recovery.
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