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Books About the Field of Transplantation
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Handbook of Kidney Transplantation 2nd Edition
This book is current, practical, and eminently readable, this new edition from a team of experts brings you must-know information on kidney transplantation. You'll find the latest on immunosuppressive drugs, short- and - long term post-transplant management and complications, ethical and legal issues and more!
Introduction to Organ Transplantation, edited by Nadey Hakim, MD
"This introduction to the field of organ transplantation provides an excellent overview of the tremendous progress made in recent decades, and gives a clear description of the current status of transplant surgery for students and trainees with an interest in this field. It opens with introductory chapters on the history of transplantation and the basic science of immunobiology, and then examines through an organ-based structure the practice of transplantation in each major system, from skin to intestine. The editor, Nadey S. Hakim, is a consultant transplant and general surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital, London, England, and has put together a volume that will serve as an invaluable guide for transplant surgeons as well as trainees." Imperial College Press, 1996. 200 pages. Hardcover: $48 (ISBN 1-86094-025-0)
Trends in Organ Transplantation, by Barbara A. H. Williams, RN, BSN and Doris M. Sandiford-Guttenbeil, RN, BSN
"This book provides clear and up-to-date information on the latest techniques and trends in the field, with an emphasis on the nursing role. Topics addressed include the economics of transplantation and the impact of hospital cost containment; new immunosuppressive therapies; women's issues, such as pregnancy after receiving a new organ; the experiemental use of animal organs; and alternatives to transplantation." Springer Publishing 1995. 300 pages. Hard: $49.95 (ISBN 0-8261-9150-9)
The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies, edited by Stuart J. Younger, M.D., Robert M. Arnold, M.D., and Renie Schapiro, M.P.H.
"The editors of this important volume are to be congratulated for bringing such an authoritative group of eminent scholars to discuss and debate every aspect of one of the most challenging medical, philosophical, legal, and religious problems of our time. Together, they have produced an immensely valuable book that will be quoted for years to come, wherever this debate rages-which is everywhere." Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine. ISBN 0-8018-5985-9, 368 pp, $43.20, Spring 1999, John Hopkins University Press, Box 50370, Baltimore, Maryland 21211-4370 or call 1-800-537-5487
Procuring Organs for Transplant: The Debate Over Non-Heart-Beating Cadaver Protocols, edited by Robert M. Arnold, M.D. et al.
This book explores the issues surrounding the procurement of organs for transplantation purposes from "non-heart-beating-cadaver donors," patients who have been declared dead by cardiopulmonary criteria rather than neurologic criteria. An expanded version of a special issue of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, the book includes all the original journal articles, as well as five new chapters. See http://muse.jhu.edu/press/books/arnold.html.
The Johns Hopkins University Press (1-800-537-5487), 1995. 252 pages. Cloth: $50.00(ISBN 0-8018-5100-9) Paper: $18.95 (ISBN 0- 8018-5101-7)
Transplantation Biology: Cellular and Molecular Aspects by Tilney, Strom & Paul This remarkable new book from more than 100 clinical scientists details the biologic events that underlie transplant acceptance and rejection. It is 778 pages long containing 263 illustrations
Thoracic Transplantation, by Sara Shumway, MD
Thoracic Transplantation, 481 pages, edited by Drs. SJ Shumway and NE Shumway consists of 39 chapters. It covers the various aspects of transplantation of the heart, combined heart-lung, and lung. Included are: historical background, immunological basis of transplantation, organ preservation, donor procurement, pretransplant recipient management, operative techniques, postoperative care, pathology, special considerations, lung transplantation, and future prospects. This book should appeal to patients, physicians, nurses, surgeons, immunologists, pathologists, social workers, donor and transplant coordinators, and anyone in contact with heart, heart-lung, and lung transplantation.
Blackwell Science, Inc., ISBN 0-86542-285-0
Many Sleepless Nights, by Lee Gutkind
"Here is the seemingly miraculous new world of organ transplants. It is the story of a startling series of medical breakthroughs, the scientists and surgeons who have made them, and the patients who have embraced this last chance to hold on to life."
W.W. Norton & Co., 1988. 368 pages.
The Puzzle People: Memoirs of a Transplant Surgeon, by Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD
"This book is about organ transplantation, or to be more accurate, about some of the people who made development of this field possible." Dr. Starzl, one of the earliest transplant surgeons, describes his early life and his development of an interest in medicine. The book is a first person perspective of some of the great successes, and some of the dismal failures, that have occurred during the adolescence and maturation of the field of organ transplantation.
University of Pittsburg Press, 1992. 364 pages.
Defying the Gods by Scott McCartney
This book describes his experiences spending six months at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas observing doctors and patients. He discusses many of the experiences and issues relating to transplants.
Macmillan, 1994.
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