The replacement of a diseased organ by a healthy one is a medical dream that has become a reality for thousands. Once considered experimental and highly risky, human tissue and organ transplantation is today's successful therapy for disorders affecting the heart, liver, kidney, pancreas, eyes, ears, and bone marrow. Combining advanced techniques in surgery, immunology, infectious diseases, cardiology, nephrology, psychiatry, and nursing, organ transplantation is at the forefront of medical science. Despite the advances in transplantation, the literature available to a potential transplant recipient is scant. This book, written by members of the transplant team at the Massachusetts General Hospital in collaboration with a medical journalist, is expressly created for patients and their families, the lay public, and allied health personnel. The authors present a history of human organ transplantation, a review of transplant immunology and anti-rejection drugs, a survey of the national donor organ network, a characterization of the hospital transplant team, and the process of harvesting donor organs. They also discuss the realities of surgery and recovery, potential complications, and hints for transplant recipients and their families on how to cope with the stresses of illness, the wait for a donor organ, and the transplant operation itself. In providing a picture of what to expect from an organ transplant, the authors include case studies of patients' experiences before and following transplantation, and they depict how patients and their families interact with the hospital's medical team. A s a result, this book aims to offer a sympathetic and unsensationalized guide for the more than 20,000 patients each day who await an organ transplant - and for those who are intimately involved with the patient's successful recovery.
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This is essentially a very practical and useful guide for a specialized but growing audience. (Over 14,000 people had organ transplants in 1990.) Its only major limitations is that, with any luck, this title will be quickly out of date as technology and drug regimens improve. Basically comprehensible to a knowledgeable layperson, the book describes transplants of the heart, lung, kidney, pancreas, liver, and bone marrow. In the discussion of the careful balancing of immunosuppression, which tries to avoid both rejection and infection, the depth of information on the biology of the immune system and immunosuppressant drugs may be more than some readers want or need. Psychosocial aspects could have benefited from more attention, and information on further resources such as self-help groups and other organizations would have also been useful. Heavy going at times, but recommended.
- Mary Chitty, Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences Lib., Boston
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Mary Chitty, Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences Lib., Boston
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent guide for management of organ recipents.,
By jaihyuk@samsung.co.kr (Seoul, Korea) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Organ Transplants: A Patient's Guide (Hardcover)
For countries without the book and information about the management of organ recipents as like as my conutry of Korea, this book give me a lot of information. Also, using many episodes which are familar with non-specialist, it is very easy to understand the contents. I recommend you with a great hope of long and healthy life with new organs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent guide for management of organ recipents.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Organ Transplants: A Patient's Guide (Hardcover)
For countries without the book and information about the management of organ recipents as like as my conutry of Korea, this book give me a lot of information. Also, using many episodes which are familar with non-specialist, it is very easy to understand the contents. I recommend you with a great hope of long and healthy life with new organs.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent guide for management of organ recipents.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Organ Transplants: A Patient's Guide (Hardcover)
For countries without the book and information about the management of organ recipents as like as my conutry of Korea, this book give me a lot of information. Also, using many episodes which are familar with non-specialist, it is very easy to understand the contents. I recommend you with a great hope of long and healthy life with new organs.
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