A Profile in Effective Collaboration:
The Liver Transplant Team at the University of Colorado Hospital
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Liver transplant surgery, once a revolutionaryprocedure, has become standard medical practice sinceDr. Thomas Starzl pioneered the procedure in Denver50 years ago. Much has changed in the world oftransplant since those early days. Advances intechnology, immunosuppression medications, andsurgical techniques have moved liver transplantationinto the mainstream of modern medicine. After ahospital stay of 7-12 days and a period ofpostoperative recovery at home, patients go back towork, raise their children, live their lives. This book seeks to describe the workings of onesuccessful liver transplant...
Liver transplant surgery, once a revolutionary
procedure, has become standard medical practice since
Dr. Thomas Starzl pioneered the procedure in Denver
50 years ago. Much has changed in the world of
transplant since those early days. Advances in
technology, immunosuppression medications, and
surgical techniques have moved liver transplantation
into the mainstream of modern medicine. After a
hospital stay of 7-12 days and a period of
postoperative recovery at home, patients go back to
work, raise their children, live their lives.
This book seeks to describe the workings of one
successful liver transplant program and the
collaborative team that makes it all happen. Team
members have been interviewed and, coupled with the
author''s observations over her 14 year tenure with
the team, an overview of all facets of the liver
transplant process, from evaluation through to
recovery, is provided in terms that can be readily
understood by the general public. Finally, for those
interested in sociological theory, various pertinent
theories are presented in the context of liver
transplantation and the Liver Transplant Team at the
University of Colorado Hospital.
procedure, has become standard medical practice since
Dr. Thomas Starzl pioneered the procedure in Denver
50 years ago. Much has changed in the world of
transplant since those early days. Advances in
technology, immunosuppression medications, and
surgical techniques have moved liver transplantation
into the mainstream of modern medicine. After a
hospital stay of 7-12 days and a period of
postoperative recovery at home, patients go back to
work, raise their children, live their lives.
This book seeks to describe the workings of one
successful liver transplant program and the
collaborative team that makes it all happen. Team
members have been interviewed and, coupled with the
author''s observations over her 14 year tenure with
the team, an overview of all facets of the liver
transplant process, from evaluation through to
recovery, is provided in terms that can be readily
understood by the general public. Finally, for those
interested in sociological theory, various pertinent
theories are presented in the context of liver
transplantation and the Liver Transplant Team at the
University of Colorado Hospital.
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