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020			_a9781482837735
037			_cPurchased _nCurrent Books,Cochin
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bPHI
100			_a Philip G Thomas
245			_aTRANSPLANT STORY
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260			_bPatridge _c2015/01/01
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500			_aA novel of action, anguish, poignant humor and ultimate hope as two complete strangers are brought together in a medical miracle Complications from liver cirrhosis bring a middle-aged businessman close to death in Kochi, India. In a nearby town, a young man suffers a horrible accident on his way to work. How these two lives intersect is the subject of Transplant Story, a novel of astonishing scope and intimacy that takes you into ICUs, hospital administration offices, and even the operation theater as a liver transplant, one of the most complex operations known today, is performed. In lucid prose Transplant Story clarifies difficult medical concepts and procedures and examines the historical, political, and legal factors surrounding transplantation in India today. Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Transplant Story asks you to explore the deep mysteries of human life: what it means to love, to give, to sacrifice, to hope-what it means to make medical miracles possible. Complications from liver cirrhosis bring a middle-aged businessman close to death in Kochi, India. In a nearby town, a young man suffers a horrible accident on his way to work. How these two lives intersect is the subject of Transplant Story, a novel of astonishing scope and intimacy that takes you into ICUs, hospital administration offices, and even the operation theater as a liver transplant, one of the most complex operations known today, is performed. In lucid prose Transplant Story clarifies difficult medical concepts and procedures and examines the historical, political, and legal factors surrounding transplantation in India today. Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Transplant Story asks you to explore the deep mysteries of human life: what it means to love, to give, to sacrifice, to hope-what it means to make medical miracles possible Philip G Thomas is currently multi-organ transplant surgery director at Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India. He earned his medical degree from AFMC, Pune, and transplant training at Pittsburgh, USA, and has served as instructor in surgery and transplantation at St.John's, Bangalore, Indi and University to Texas, Galveston, USA.
650			_aFiction
650			_aTransplanting--Story
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