Author: Ken Corre
Publisher: iUniverse
Keywords: donor, victim
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-07-13
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1935278088
ISBN-13: 9781935278085

Stockbroker John Harris III is living the American dream with Cheryl, his physician wife and college sweetheart. With four young children, a house in the mountains of Utah, and a mutual deep love for each other, their lives seem idyllic . . . until Harris is suddenly the victim of a gruesome kidnapping one morning on his way to work.Local police and the FBI make little headway on the case until, to everyone’s surprise, Harris turns up alone and comatose in a motel room several states away. He is in perfect health except for a missing kidney-the result of a rogue surgery performed by a wo

Author: Mati Unt
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
Keywords: donor, blood, diary
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2008-05-15
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1564784967
ISBN-13: 9781564784964

In this contemporary retelling of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Estonian writer Mati Unt offers a playful yet unsettling mixture of fact and fiction, combining pieces of Estonian political history—in particular the figure of Lydia Koidula (1843-1886), widely regarded as the first Estonian woman to express an Estonian longing for independence—with portraits of life in contemporary Estonia, all set against a backdrop of vampirism and the Gothic novel.

Authors:Barratt Christopher L. R., Cooke Ian Douglas,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: insemination, donor
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 1993-06-25
List price: $99.99
ISBN-10: 0521404339
ISBN-13: 9780521404334

This volume provides clear guidelines on the advantages, disadvantages and limitations of the use of donor insemination to treat infertility. The team of authors, drawn from a wide range of disciplines, covers all aspects of implementing and organising a successful donor insemination programme. The volume includes practical information on recruitment, screening and selection of suitable donors; counselling of patients and donors; clinical, scientific and laboratory aspects, including fertility assessment, ovulation timing and cryopreservation. The volume concludes with information on organisat

Author: A. Lange
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Keywords: transplantation, matching, recipient, donor, standardization
Number of Pages: 173
Published: 2006-07-19
List price: $210.00
ISBN-10: 1594544239
ISBN-13: 9781594544231

The progress in HLA research achieved in the last decade has been extremely beneficial for understanding of the human genome structure, evolution of human beings and the association between HLA and complex related factors like immune responsiveness and patomechanism of some diseases. It was also found that some HLA specificities may bear a witness not only to a susceptibility to some diseases but also may reflect the ability of the host to mount immune responsiveness. All these achievements enabled successful clinical application of haematopoietic stem cells transplantation. Nowadays, it is ap

Authors:P. Tan Henkie, Amadeo Marcos, Ron Shapiro,
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: transplantation, donor, living
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2007-04-27
List price: $350.00
ISBN-10: 0849337666
ISBN-13: 9780849337666

Edited by leaders at one of the acclaimed transplant institutions in the United States, this reference 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 transplantation. Detailed, engaging, and organ- and cell-specific chapters cover guidelines for donor and recipient selection and evaluation, recent surgical techniques, and an assessment of donor risks and long-term patient outcomes.

Authors:Rainer Gruessner, Enrico Benedetti,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: transplantation, organ, donor, living
Number of Pages: 824
Published: 2007-12-21
List price: $215.00
ISBN-10: 0071455493
ISBN-13: 9780071455497

A comprehensive, technique-oriented guide to abdominal organ transplantation A Doody’s Core Title! Valuable to the seasoned and novice transplant surgeon as well as the multidisciplinary team that tends to both the living donor and the recipient of abdominal organs, Living Organ Donor Transplantation puts the entire discipline in perspective while guiding you step-by-step through the most common organ transplant surgeries. Organized into four cohesive parts and featuring numerous surgical illustrations, this sourcebook delivers an incisive look at every key consideration for ge

Author: Ken Burnett
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: develop, donor, relationships, strengthen, ideas, fundraising, timeless, zen
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2006-04-07
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0787983144
ISBN-13: 9780787983147

If all that has ever been said and written about the art and science of fundraising could be distilled down to just what really matters—what fundraisers everywhere need to know—there would be only a small number of true gems deserving of the description, “nuggets of information.” Leading international fundraiser Ken Burnett, author of the classic Relationship Fundraising, has identified and defined 89 such nuggets which he presents here as The Zen of Fundraising, a fun read, one-of-a-kind look into what makes donors tick and–more importantly–what makes them give.