Amazing medical breakthroughs are made every day. In the past decades, medical researchers have cured diseases that were once deadly and devised new methods to heal that were once unimaginable. This title follows the development of organ transplants, including early attempts at transplantation, groundbreaking discoveries and the doctors who made them, and where the science is heading in the future. Learn how organ transplants work and how scientists...

Provides information on issues related with organ transplants such as choosing a transplant team, learning about anti-rejection drugs, dealing with emotional responses, and finding support groups.

"Organ Donation offers an overview of the donation and transplantation process and is written for non-specialists, including people needing a transplanted organ, potential donors and their families, and students considering a career related to organ donation and transplantation. While not intended to replace medical or professional advice, it does offer discussion and clarification of many issues, written for the non-professional, that might be of...

"Beyond Brain Death offers a provocative challenge to one of the most widely accepted conclusions of contemporary bioethics: the position that brain death marks the death of the human person. Eleven chapters by physicians, philosophers, and theologians present the case against brain based criteria for human death. Each author believes that this position calls into question the moral acceptability of the transplantation of unimpaired vital organs from...

One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat,...

In Harvest, the book that introduced us to Tess Gerritsen's unique blend of medical expertise, harrowing suspense, and brilliantly crafted plot twists, the dark side of medical research is exposed. Harvest vividly portrays a young woman doctor challenging a world where medical miracles and greed fuel a lethal conspiracy -- and the bright lights of the O.R. conceal the ultimate corruption of genius.