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The fourth hand
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John Irving |
"The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love."".
"While reporting a st… |
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In a heartbeat
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Loretta Ellsworth |
Told in their separate voices, Eagan, who has died in a figure-skating accident, becomes a heart donor for Amelia, who then begins taking on some aspects of Eagan's personality. |
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The Generosity of the Dead
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Graciela Nowenstein |
From the [publisher's website][1]: "There has been a general assumption in the international debate surrounding organ procurement that Presumed Consent (opting-out) systems produce better results tha… |
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Pieces
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Chris Lynch |
Eighteen-year-old Eric deals with the loss of his older brother Duane by meeting three of the seven recipients of Duane's organs a year after his death, and pondering who they are to him, and he to t… |
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The organ donor experience
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Katrina Bramstedt |
"Organ donors are, by definition, altruists, and their act is even more generous when they remain anonymous. But altruism doesn't tell the whole story. There are myriad motivations, some subconscious… |
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On wings of love
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Kim Watters |
"Ruth Fontaine's job is to deliver lifesaving organs to those urgently in need. But the gruff pilot of her charter plane has not kind words for her work. And then she discovers the heartbreaking reas… |
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Organ donation
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Laura K. Egendorf |
This volume addresses controversial questions regarding the issue of organ donation. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications.… |
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Living donor transplantation
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Ron Shapiro |
Covers all aspects of living donor solid organ and cellular transplantation in current clinical practice, including the kidney, liver, pancreas, lung, small bowel, islet, and hematopoietic stem cell … |
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Instructions for a secondhand heart
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Tamsyn Murray |
Jonny and Neve, both fifteen, bond after her twin brother, in whose shadow she has been living, becomes Jonny's just-in-time heart donor. |
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Organ and tissue donation
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Magaret R. G. Sque,Sheila Payne |
What is the historical and social context that shapes our attitudes towards organ and tissue donation? Using original research findings relating to the social and psychological issues surrounding org… |
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The boy who gave his heart away
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Cole Moreton |
Martin is a fun-loving English boy who has just turned 16. Marc is a promising Scottish footballer approaching that age. Both are enjoying their summers when they become seriously ill within days of … |
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The donor
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Helen FitzGerald |
Will Marion has two perfect kidneys. His daughters aren't so lucky. Question is: which one should he save? Will's 47. His wife bailed out when the twins were in nappies and hasn't been seen since. He… |
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The donor
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Helen FitzGerald |
Just after her sixteenth birthday, Will's daughter, Georgie, suffers kidney failure. She needs a transplant, but her type is rare. Will, a single dad who's given up everything to raise his twin girls… |
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Thunder's glory
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Loryn Kramer Staley |
Cory Horton is a passionate young swim coach when he decides he is ready to go after what he wants: his own elite swim team. With the chance to coach a second Olympic hopeful, Horton is ready to roll… |
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Nothing to confess
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Donald E. Hricik |
Lance Turner's successful record of accomplishment as a donor coordinator for the Ohio Organ Bank is suddenly jeopardized when six of seven transplant patients simultaneously become ill within a mont… |
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Three little birds
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Rick Steber |
"George Hooker's name is placed on the organ donor list. While he waits, he is given a rescued Canada goose egg that he holds on his chest above his damaged heart. The egg hatches. The egg hatches. T… |
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Las pequeñas lecciones de Lily
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Rebecca Perlman Coniglio |
La historia de una niña, una carrera... Y una lección acerca de hacer lo bueno |
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