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M Festle - Second Wind - 9781349343669 - V9781349343669
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Second Wind

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Description for Second Wind Paperback. 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. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTB; JHB; JHM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
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.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Oral History
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349343669
SKU
V9781349343669
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15

About M Festle
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.

Reviews for Second Wind
'This book is a very interesting, extremely well-researched, and certainly timely history of the procedure of lung transplantation. At its heart are the oral histories and personal accounts of over 45 individuals who have undergone the procedure; their stories, and those of family members, surgeons, transplant coordinators, and donors are bookended by chapters explaining the various life-threatening lung conditions which ... Read more

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