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Organ Transplants: Making the Most of Your Gift of Life (Patient Centered Guides) by Robert Finn is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>Over 64,000 people in the US are living in limbo, awaiting an organ transplant. <p> The good news about organ transplants is that they are becoming fairly routine surgical procedures. The even better news is that they do work miracles. People who have been in ill health for years often describe a feeling of being reborn after a transplant. <p> However, those families who have been told that a loved one needs a transplant to live are thrust into a strange land. Patients and families worry that no organ will be available to them. They may fear the surgery or what living with someone else's organ will feel like. They may have only a foggy idea of what staying with an immunosuppressive therapy regime after the operation will entail. <p> Organ Transplants&#58; Making the Most of Your Gift of Life describes&#58; <p> Deciding whether to have a transplant and choosing a transplant team<p> The importance of the screening interview<p> What factors go into determining a match, and what to do while waiting<p> Detailed information on heart and lung, liver, kidney and pancreas, and other transplants<p> Anti-rejection drugs and living with a transplant<p> Emotional responses and support<p> Spe

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Author

Robert Finn

Publisher

O'Reilly Media, Incorporated

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565926349

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Health & Fitness, Medicine