Second Wind [electronic resource] : Oral Histories of Lung Transplant Survivors /
Festle, M.author.
This book uses both oral and conventional historical methods to describe and analyze the history of lung transplantation in the US. While drawing on accounts from doctors and other specialists, it primarily focuses on the experiences of patients and explores themes of uncertainty, timing, identity, coping, and quality of life.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 End-stage Lung Disease; CHAPTER 2 Sociomedical History of Lung Transplantation, 1963-2000; CHAPTER 3 Making the Decision and Being Evaluated for Transplant; CHAPTER 4 Waiting and Coping; CHAPTER 5 Getting "The Call"; CHAPTER 6 Second Wind: Life after Transplant with a Donor Lung; CHAPTER 7 Quality of Life after Transplant; CHAPTER 8 Lung Transplants in the Twenty-First Century; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p.[213]-274) and index.
This book uses both oral and conventional historical methods to describe and analyze the history of lung transplantation in the US. While drawing on accounts from doctors and other specialists, it primarily focuses on the experiences of patients and explores themes of uncertainty, timing, identity, coping, and quality of life.
Anthropology.
Civilization-History.
Sociology.
History.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
Anthropology.
Cultural History.
Sociology, general.
History of Science.
US History.
Modern History.