Second Wind

Oral Histories of Lung Transplant Survivors
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-34091-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Oral History

This book uses both oral and conventional historical methods to describe and analyze the history of lung transplantation in the US. While drawing on accounts from doctors and other specialists, it primarily focuses on the experiences of patients and explores themes of uncertainty, timing, identity, coping, and quality of life.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Festle, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Experience of End-Stage Lung Disease Socio-Medical History of Lung Transplantation, 1963-2000 Making the Decision and Being Evaluated for Transplant Waiting and Coping Getting 'The Call' Second Wind: Life after Transplant with a Donor Lung Quality of Life after Transplant Lung Transplants in the Twenty-first Century

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Jo Festle is a professor of History at Elon University, where she teaches courses in recent U.S. History and Oral History. She is also the author of Playing Nice: Politics and Apologies in Women's Sports. Her brother Bob had a lung transplant.