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How Death Becomes Life

Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

By (author) Joshua Mezrich
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Atlantic Books, London, United Kingdom
Published: 2nd Jan 2020
Dimensions: w 130mm h 200mm d 30mm
Weight: 339g
ISBN-10: 1786498898
ISBN-13: 9781786498892
Barcode No: 9781786498892
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Synopsis
A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery. Leading transplant surgeon Dr Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, moving organs from one body to another. In this intimate, profoundly moving work, he examines more than one hundred years of remarkable medical breakthroughs, connecting this fascinating history with the stories of his own patients. Gripping and evocative, How Death Becomes Life takes us inside the operating room and presents the stark dilemmas that transplant surgeons must face daily: How much risk should a healthy person be allowed to take to save someone she loves? Should a patient suffering from alcoholism receive a healthy liver? The human story behind the most exceptional medicine of our time, Mezrich's riveting book is a poignant reminder that a life lost can also offer the hope of a new beginning.

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Part memoir and part historical account of the extraordinary pioneers who believed that people could be
repaired and revived as the sum of their working parts... Moving * Financial Times * An outstanding memoir by a transplant surgeon who combines an autobiography and operating room dramatics with an equally engrossing history of his profession... this [medical memoir] ranks near the top [of the genre], in a class that includes arguably the best, Henry Marsh's Do No Harm * Kirkus Reviews * Monumental and enthralling. * New York Journal of Books * Fascinating... Compelling stories about an area of medicine shrouded in mystery. * Stephen Westaby * A beautifully written insight into an extraordinary area of medicine and a fascinating career. Heartbreaking and life-affirming in equal measure, it has all the makings of a classic. * Dr Max Pemberton, columnist and author of Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor *