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- Publisher: Wellness Central
- ISBN: 0446558001
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113427359
- Release Date: October 12, 2009
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Cheating Death" by Sanjay Gupta to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Cheating Death"Browse more products related to "Sanjay Gupta"Review"[T]he stories of the doctors struggling to keep the near-dead alive and patients who cheat death make for compelling reading, as does [Gupta's] explanation of new experiments in emergency medicine and resuscitation techniques." "This is a can-do book about death..., which means no bittersweet philosophic reflections on the natural arc of human existence. The subject is simple science: the ways the body's circuitry can betray us, and the ways we are learning to fight back. The science, of course, is far from simple, which makes it a fitting showcase for Dr. Gupta's skills as a popularizer. Straightforward and readable, it is a book that will undoubtedly infuriate many experts with its elisions and oversimplifications. But the stories are great..." "A thoroughly fascinating look at medicine, ethics, religion, law, and the economics of life and death....Gupta...promises a medical thriller and delivers....Drawing on his own practice and interviews with patients, doctors, and researchers, Gupta offers fascinating cases that challenge assumptions about where the line is between life and death..." (starred review) Publisher's noteSAVING LIVES AGAINST ALL ODDS The CNN doctor documents emerging scientific technologies and understandings by doctors to explain how patients with conditions that were once considered terminal are able to lead healthy and productive lives, drawing on extensive case files of unprecedented recoveries. (Health & fitness). Simultaneous. TV tie-in. The CNN doctor documents emerging scientific technologies and understandings by doctors to explain how patients with conditions that were once considered terminal are able to lead healthy and productive lives, drawing on extensive case files of unprecedented recoveries. (Health & fitness). Simultaneous. TV tie-in. AnnotationWith his typical insight, wit and lucidity, renowned physician Sanjay Gupta, who declined the chance to become President Obama's surgeon general, reminds us that we are living in an age of medical wonders. Using real examples of patients who literally owe their lives to medicine and science, Gupta details some astounding scientific advancements which are allowing doctors to exorcise once-inoperable brain tumors, send cancer into remission, and even bring people back from beyond the threshold of death. Gupta documents a series of miraculous cases, such as a successful heart operation on a developing embryo, a man who was resuscitated after being frozen underwater for more than an hour, and a patient who was coaxed out of a coma after being declared brain-dead. Gupta looks at each case medically, ethically, and philosophically, as he ponders how modern physicians are beginning to alter the very definition of death. If You Enjoy "Cheating Death (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Cheating Death (Hardcover)" by Sanjay Gupta (Author)Most Recent Customer Reviews  Gupta misinforms about brain death, October 21, 2009
By Michael_Holloway
In the book, on his TV show, and in interviews promoting the book, Gupta is
unmistakably confusing coma, persistant vegetative state, and brain death. Hes
clearly linking his stories of recovery from vegetative state with brain death
and organ procurement for transplantation. Brain death is an entirely separate
condition from both persistant vegetative state, and coma. Mark Ragucci was
never declared brain dead. The NIH (www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/coma/coma.htm),
and many other institions and organizations concerned with medical information,
take pains to inform the public that there is a big difference. When a family is
informed of a declaration of brain death they shouldnt have to feel that medical
professionals are conspiring and failing to save their loved one. Yet Gupta
seems determined to convince the public that brain death is just vegetative
state, and that medical professionals are just reluctant to help the "brain
dead".
Why is he doing this? I can only guess. Its a far more dramatic story,
and something sure to make him more money, to claim that more isnt done to save
the brain dead because surgeons want organs for transplant. Organ
transplantation has always sparked a primal irrational fear, generating more
urban legends and ghoulish stories than any other medical procedure. Next of kin
often refuse to allow organ donation because of the feeling that something
ghoulish is being done with their loved one, and the suspicion that they are
being allowed to die for someone elses benefit. Any number of news
organizations, even respected ones, have, at one time or another, repeated the
most bizarre urban legends of organ snatching as verified events. CNN has
recently aired several reports claiming a vast US organ black market exists
based on friend of a friend reports and one arrest of someone attempting to
broker a kidney sale. Dont expect any followup reports or arrests.
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