Second Wind: Oral Histories of Lung Transplant Survivors (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (758 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0230340911 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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.. This book uses both oral and conventional historical methods to describe and analyze the history of lung transplantation in the US
"Lindak" according to Linda Krier. This is an extremely accessible book for the lay person explaining the illnesses which necessitate a lung transplant, as well as a transplant recipient's journey from diagnosis through transplant, recovery and beyond. Although I know two individuals who have had lung transplants, I learned much that I never knew about the lung transplant history and process. The oral histories were smoothly interwoven with other narrative to give the reader an understanding, both clinically and from a human perspective, of the realities, hardships, and benefits to a transplant patient.
Her brother Bob had a lung transplant. She is also the author of Playing Nice: Politics and Apologies in Women's Sports. Mary Jo Festle is a professor of History at Elon University, where she teaches courses in recent U.S. History and Oral History.
'This book is a very interesting, extremely well-researched, and certainly timely history of the procedure of lung transplantation. This history uniquely acknowledges the importance of a transplant community that has thrived since the rise of the Internet. Festle pays it forward by telling our story.' Kathryn Flynn, Double Lung recipient, March 25, 1996. 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, an