The Surgeons: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Health Policy, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Heart, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Charles R. Morris ISBN: 9780393073027
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: October 17, 2008
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Charles R. Morris
ISBN: 9780393073027
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: October 17, 2008
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"Insightful and filled with verve...electrifying."—Wall Street Journal

Hailed as "an astute book of enormous importance" (Sherwin Nuland), The Surgeons follows the team at one of the world's premier cardiac surgery and transplant centers. Given unprecedented access, Charles R. Morris recounts in thrilling detail a late-night against-the-clock "harvest run" to secure a precious transplantable organ, the heartbreaking story of a child's failed transplant, and more. Along the way, Morris reflects on how doctors really think, rising health care costs, and the future of health care in America.

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"Insightful and filled with verve...electrifying."—Wall Street Journal

Hailed as "an astute book of enormous importance" (Sherwin Nuland), The Surgeons follows the team at one of the world's premier cardiac surgery and transplant centers. Given unprecedented access, Charles R. Morris recounts in thrilling detail a late-night against-the-clock "harvest run" to secure a precious transplantable organ, the heartbreaking story of a child's failed transplant, and more. Along the way, Morris reflects on how doctors really think, rising health care costs, and the future of health care in America.

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