Life with Sudden Death - 9781582435220
Un libro in lingua di Michael Downing edito da Pgw, 2009
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The youngest of nine children, Michael Downing was three when his father died ? suddenly and inexplicably. No autopsy was performed. The family diagnosis was God's will.
As a boy, Downing rigorously trained as a spiritual athlete, preparing to vault into heaven. But eventually he escaped the religious dogma, and the family arena ? until one of his brothers died in 2003, suddenly and inexplicably. No autopsy was performed.
Alarmed, Downing pursued a diagnosis: Drawn into a world of researchers, clinicians, and manufacturers with their own arcane ethics and faith, Downing discovered he had inherited a mutant protein from his father, and the first symptom would be his sudden death.
To save his life, a defibrillator was hard-wired to his heart. Within weeks, he needed emergency surgery to remove the device and the life-threatening infection he got with it. Two months later, he was re-implanted ? only to read in his morning newspaper that the new wires anchored to his heart were prone to failure. His device might be powerless, or it might deliver a series of unwarranted, possibly fatal, shocks.
From a bedeviled boyhood in the Berkshires to a grim comedy of errors in one of Boston's best hospitals, Life with Sudden Death is a wild ride.
As a boy, Downing rigorously trained as a spiritual athlete, preparing to vault into heaven. But eventually he escaped the religious dogma, and the family arena ? until one of his brothers died in 2003, suddenly and inexplicably. No autopsy was performed.
Alarmed, Downing pursued a diagnosis: Drawn into a world of researchers, clinicians, and manufacturers with their own arcane ethics and faith, Downing discovered he had inherited a mutant protein from his father, and the first symptom would be his sudden death.
To save his life, a defibrillator was hard-wired to his heart. Within weeks, he needed emergency surgery to remove the device and the life-threatening infection he got with it. Two months later, he was re-implanted ? only to read in his morning newspaper that the new wires anchored to his heart were prone to failure. His device might be powerless, or it might deliver a series of unwarranted, possibly fatal, shocks.
From a bedeviled boyhood in the Berkshires to a grim comedy of errors in one of Boston's best hospitals, Life with Sudden Death is a wild ride.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Life with Sudden Death
- Sottotitolo: A Tale of Moral Hazard and Medical Misadventure
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Michael Downing
- Editore: Pgw
- Collana: Pgw (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Ottobre '09
- Genere: BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Argomenti : Authors, American 20th century Biography Sudden death United States Case studies Genetic disorders United States Case studies
- Pagine: 244
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 158 x 25
- ISBN-10: 1582435227
- EAN-13: 9781582435220