When Death Becomes Life. The Everyday Life of a Transplant Surgeon

Joshua Mezrich is a transplant surgeon with over 20 years of experience. He also heads the immunology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin (USA). He lives in Madison with his wife and two daughters.
This book sheds light on one of... the most important and significant achievements of modern medicine: organ transplantation from one human to another, which has allowed millions of people to gain chances for a decent existence and even for life. The author tells the exciting history of transplantation and draws parallels with the inspiring, and sometimes heart-wrenching, stories of his patients.
Most doctors fight against death, but transplant surgeons, thanks to the incredible exchange between the living and the dead, paradoxically benefit from it.