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Organ transplants / by Racquel Foran ; content consultant, Susan Lederer, Robert Turell Professor of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foran, Racquel, Author.
- Series:
- Medical marvels Organ transplants
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Introduces organ transplantation, discussing the history and development of procedures used today, organ donation, and life after transplant surgery. -- Source other than Library of Congress.
- Contents:
- A new heart
- The body's organs
- The early history of organ transplants
- Transplant successes and failures
- The first human heart transplant
- Organ donations
- Improving survival rates
- Controversy and challenges
- Transplants today and tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781624013751
- 1624013759
- 9781624011740
- 1624011748
- OCLC:
- 861234848
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