When Death Becomes Life

Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

De: Joshua D. Mezrich

Narrado por: Josh Bloomberg

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Mesmerizing

Fascinating history and contemporary tales of transplant surgery. At times heartbreaking but always interesting, this book was well worth my time. It makes me want to get involved more with organ donation as well. The narrator did a great job conveying the story without being attention-seeking. Overall a great read.

Eye opener

Never having worked in medicine, this book provides a window into a fascinating field, thank you Dr. Mezrick.

Great

I am a nursing student and this book was very educational and humbling. I appreciate all of the kind health care personal out there.

Excellent book

So many stories each with its own character. I truly enjoyed this, especially since I'm one of the very first organ donors and I know some of the historical people mentioned.

Memoir and history, beautifully written

When Death Becomes Life is an interesting memoir and history of organ transplantation from transplant surgeon Dr. Joshua Mezrich. While I enjoyed his writing about the history, researchers and physicians that brought us to this point in time with transplantations, I enjoyed his writing about his own background, how and why he became a transplant surgeon, and his own patients just as much or more. Dr. Mezrich always maintains an awareness and respect for the great gift that donors and their families are giving, and reminds readers of that often. I loved reading about the technical details of kidney transplants, but Dr. Mezrich also reminds the readers that even though it may be an almost-routine procedure, it is really never routine. He recounts his enthusiasm at seeing a kidney become pink with blood flow and begin producing urine, and also writes about heart, lung, liver, and pancreas transplants, and the inherent difficulties with them. I thoroughly enjoyed the chapter about how cyclosporine was discovered and what a huge difference it made in transplantations. After all, transplantation is as much about immunology as it is about surgical skill, and Dr. Mezrich recounts all of this in his thoroughly enjoyable book.