Organ Transplantation: Questions And Answers
For any death where organ donation is a possibility and consent is given, there will be a medical assessment of what organs can be recovered. There are no absolute age limits to organ donation. A handful of medical conditions will rule out organ ... [... more]
Transplant Living |
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Organ Transplantation
 Organ transplantation raises singularly difficult ethical and legal issues in its requirement for donated organs. Strategies to facilitate supply in the face of increasing demand must be ethically sound and subject to an appropriate and effective ... [... more]
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Raising the Dead: Organ Transplants, Ethics, and Society
Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation. Each year some 25,000 Americans are pulled back from the brink of death by receiving vital ... [... more]
$55.00
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Coping with an Organ Transplant: A Practical Guide ...
Here is the only book written by a transplant recipient for the more than 20,000 people who receive organ transplants each year. Elizabeth Parr received a liver transplant six years ago, and coauthor Janet Mize acted as her transplant nurse coordinator. ... [... more]
$15.95
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Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Reinvention of ...
Tales about organ transplants appear in mythology and folk stories, and surface in documents from medieval times, but only during the past twenty years has medical knowledge and technology been sufficiently advanced for surgeons to perform thousands of ... [... more]
$25.95
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Practical Manual of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Abdominal organ transplantation, specifically liver, kidney and pancreatic transplantation, has experienced a tremendous growth over the last two decades. With this growth comes a need for a general, standardized introduction for those healthcare ... [... more]
$77.95
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U.S. Reviews Rare Disorder With Transplant Drugs
"Until further information is available, patients and healthcare professionals should be aware of the possibility of PML, such as localized neurologic signs and symptoms in the setting of a suppressed immune system, including during therapy with ... [... more]
National Library of Medicine |
Corneal Transplants Can Carry Infection Risk
"A national study over a decade showed that serious infection with endophthalmitis, after corneal transplant surgery, is uncommonly reported, but can be caused by a range of microbes, including bacteria and fungi," said study co-author Dr. Kirk ... [... more]
National Library of Medicine |
Fda Releases Human Tissue Task Force Report
Enhanced Adverse Reaction Reporting and Analysis: FDA received expert advice that is being used to refine the activities of FDA's multidisciplinary Tissue Safety Team, formed in 2004 to investigate adverse reaction reports and other tissue safety ... [... more]
Food & Drug Administration |
Practical Manual of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Great Manual ! ! This is the best manual I have ever had. This because is really helpfull in the practice, all the reference is new, and the Immunosupression and Rejection chapter is a daily aid.
Great Book This is the premire book of Abdominal Organ Tran ... [... more]
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Organ Transplant Patients: Pet Safety Tips
Just like people, pets can get diseases from eating contaminated food. By protecting your pet from foodborne diseases, you can protect your own health as well. Pets should be fed only high-quality commercial pet foods. If eggs, poultry, or meat ... [... more]
Centers for Disease Control |
25 Facts About Organ Donation And Transplantation
By signing a Uniform Donor Card, an individual indicates his or her wish to be a donor. However, at the time of death, the person's next-of-kin will still be asked to sign a consent form for donation. It is important for people who wish to be ... [... more]
Kidney Association |
