When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

Placeholder author icon
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.

Paw in print

Image
The cover of PAW’s November 2024 issue, featuring an illustration of a military tank that's made out of a pink brain, and the headline "Armed With Ideas: Princetonians lead think tanks through troubled political times."
The Latest Issue

November 2024

Princetonians lead think tanks; the perfect football season of 1964; Nobel in physics.