A Profile in Effective Collaboration:

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.

Autorentext

Born and raised in northeastern Ohio, Eileen McQuillan relocatedto Denver, Colorado, in 1968. She has worked with the LiverTransplant Team at University of Colorado Hospital since 1995,and is proud to continue that affiliation. Ms. McQuillan earneda Master of Arts Sociology degree from the University of Colorado atDenver in 2007.

Klappentext

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.