Edmund O. Lawler

The Graft (eBook, ePUB)

How a Pioneering Operation Sparked the Modern Age of Organ Transplants

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first human organ transplant in 1950 at a suburban hospital is the focus of The Graft: How a Pioneering Operation Sparked the Modern Age of Organ Transplants. The book examines the controversies the operation generated and the progress medicine has made in organ transplantation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785278365
• Artikelnr.: 62642177

Autorenporträt

Edmund O. Lawler is a journalist, an author and a journalism instructor at DePaul University in Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: The Moment
Chapter 2: The First Transplant
Chapter 3: The Pioneers
Chapter 4: The Operation
Chapter 5: The Backlash
Chapter 6: The Kidney Crisis
Chapter 7: The Transplant Patients
Chapter 8: The Transplant Surgeons
Chapter 9: The Transplant Center
Afterword.