Second Wind : Oral Histories of Lung Transplant Survivors
by
M. Festle
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Palgrave Studies in Oral History
ISBN-10
0230340911
ISBN-13
9780230340916
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 29th, 2012
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
576 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 23.60 x 2.20 cms
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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.
Many people have suffered from diseases that literally take their breath away. Second Wind relates the compelling stories of ''ordinary'' Americans who sought a second chance through lung transplantation and the historical and socio-medical factors that affected them. Excerpts from oral history interviews reveal the physical and psychological challenges of deciding to pursue a transplant, waiting for a donor organ, and adapting to a new life with a lung from someone who died. Meaningful for those facing transplantation, their caregivers, scholars, and people outside the transplant community, Second Wind explores themes of uncertainty, timing, identity, coping, and quality of life.
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