How Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon by Joshua Mezrich - Non Fiction - Paperback

Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781786498892. Publisher: Atlantic Books. Age Range: Adult / 18+. Overview. How Death Becomes Life is Joshua Mezrich's unforgettable memoir of life inside the operating room, where a transplant surgeon confronts the most profound ethical and human dilemmas in modern medicine. Blending more than a century of medical history with intimate patient stories, Mezrich reveals how organ transplantation transforms tragedy into hope. This paperback edition is a compelling read for anyone fascinated by medicine, ethics, or the extraordinary courage of doctors, donors, and families who make life-saving miracles possible every single day.. About the Book. In How Death Becomes Life, transplant surgeon Dr Joshua Mezrich takes readers deep inside the operating theatre, where split-second decisions determine who lives and who dies. Drawing on his career at the University of Wisconsin, Mezrich weaves the remarkable history of transplantation - from early, disastrous experiments to today's routine miracles - with the personal stories of patients and families he has treated. He does not shy away from the hardest questions transplant teams face daily: how much risk should a healthy donor be asked to take for someone they love? Should a patient with a history of alcoholism receive a new liver? Should scarce organs go to the sickest patients or those most likely to survive? Through vivid, often visceral detail, Mezrich shows what it truly means to h...