Voices of teenage transplant survivors : miracle-like

• Main Author: Sample, Susan J. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
• Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children.; Adolescent medicine.; Teenagers > Diseases.; Kidneys > Transplantation > Patients > Attitudes.; Heart > Transplantation > Patients > Attitudes.; Liver > Transplantation > Patients > Attitudes.; Poetry > Therapeutic use.; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in children > Poetry.; Medical, Surgery, Transplant.; Transplant surgery.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781800435209
• DOI: 10.1108/9781800435186
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 127 pages)

While the physical and emotional trials of waiting on transplant lists are featured in popular media, the struggles recipients face years after surgery are not. 'Voices of Teenage Transplant Survivors' introduces illness narratives from an unrecognized patient population: recipients of hea...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Hello, my name is
• Chapter 2. Illness and the ways it names us
• Chapter 3. Miracle-like
• Chapter 4. Teens just want to have fun
• Chapter 5. The drive for independence
• Chapter 6. On the edge
• Chapter 7. Marcus
• Chapter 8. Echoes
• Chapter 9. Biopsies: not benign procedures
• Chapter 10. The truth about metaphors
• Chapter 11. Yeah right, poetry
• Chapter 12. Celebration
• Chapter 13. For those who help us survive
• Chapter 14. Waiting room
• Chapter 15. Utterly alone
• Chapter 16. Lost and found
• Chapter 17. Mirror, mirror on the wall
• Chapter 18. Reflection
• Chapter 19. Boys and their bodies
• Chapter 20. Our scars, our selves
• Chapter 21. Mark this beautiful
• Chapter 22. The transplant dream
• Chapter 23. Nightmares
• Chapter 24. Amber
• Chapter 25. Dana's legacy
• Chapter 26. Groundbreaking
• Epilogue
• Afterword: Pamela Grant
• References.