The Life-Givers: The Daring Young Surgeons Who Pioneered Organ Transplantation

Based on personal relationships, the author recounts the revolutionary lives of these young medical pioneers and their contributions to organ transplantation in this book. Organ transplantation was one of the greatest innovations in medicine during the second half of the 20th century. The young surgeons who pioneered organ transplantation persisted in their goals during long periods when the surgical techniques were not yet perfected and when rejection of the grafts seemed almost uncontrollable.

Readership: Primary audience: The interested lay person. There are millions of people worldwide who have either received an organ transplant or who know someone who has. Furthermore, organ transplantation is currently of wide public interest because of the initial pig organ transplants in patients (a topic also covered in this book). Secondary audience: Healthcare workers.