Title: Many sleepless nights
Subtitle: the world of organ transplantation
First published: 1988
Description: Surgery is the easier part of the battle, while the danger to the patient after surgery -- the immune system's natural tendency to "reject" the implanted organ -- has been a much more difficult and challenging area to conquer. Over the past thirty-five years, two generations of surgeons and scientists have attempted to unravel the secret of "immunosuppression," with as yet limited success. In addition to the surgeons and researchers, nurses, social workers, and procurement coordinators have contributed generously to early pioneering efforts. But it is the patients -- recipients of heart, kidney, and liver transplants -- who should be singled out for their courage. - Introduction.
Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, History, 20th century, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc., Tissue Donors, Transplantation
Places: United States, England
Time periods: 20th century