When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

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By Joshua Mezrich ’93

Published Oct. 31, 2018

In When Death Becomes Life (HarperCollins), Dr. Joshua Mezrich ’93 examines one of the greatest achievements in modern science — the transfer of organs between two bodies. Taking readers through 100 years of medical breakthroughs and engaging with some of the great bioethical and philosophical debates of our time, Mezrich illuminates the field of transplantation and reflects on his own role in these surgeries.

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