Organ transplants / by Racquel Foran ; content consultant, Susan Lederer, Robert Turell Professor of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Introduces organ transplantation, discussing the history and development of procedures used today, organ donation, and life after transplant surgery.
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Contents
Chapter 1. A new heart -- chapter 2. The body's organs -- chapter 3. The early history of organ transplants -- chapter 4. Transplant successes and failures -- chapter 5. The first human heart transplant -- chapter 6. Organ donations -- chapter 7. Improving survival rates -- chapter 8. Controversy and challenges -- chapter 9. Transplants today and tomorrow.