How Death Becomes Life | Joshua Mezrich | Talks at Google
110Transplant surgeon Joshua Mezrich discusses his book “How Death Becomes Life.” With over 20 years of transplant surgery experience, Dr Mezrich has a wealth of fascinating stories concerning his patients and their experiences. These stories are interwoven with the incredible history of transplant surgery from its earliest inception through to the massive leaps in development that we’ve seen in recent years.
Transplant surgery has long been one of the most ethically complex areas in medicine. Dr Mezrich’s work means that he has to tackle questions such as: should an alcoholic receive a liver transplant? How much risk should a living donor be allowed to take to save a loved one? Discover how he approaches such thorny areas and why he considers all transplant patients and their donors to be absolute heroes.
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