How Death Becomes Life. Notes from a Transplant Surgeon, Paperback - Joshua Mezrich

A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery.

A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery.

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