Herzensangelegenheiten
History of medicine – told as thrillingly as a crime novel!
On May 16, 1997, Ursula Lebert’s heart was removed and replaced with a donor heart. The transplant granted the renowned journalist a second lease of life. Bruno Reichart carried out the operation. As successor to Christiaan Barnard, he became the ‘Superstar of Transplant Medicine’ and made breath-taking advances during the difficult times of the Apartheid regime. To this day, the heart surgeon fights passionately for new groundbreaking methods – and for every single life.
In a very unique way, the history of heart transplants is a global history of hope. But it is also a history of fear and disappointment, of scoundrels and black sheep, but above all, of heroes. The authors recount of godlike doctors who often achieve superhuman feats. Every second of their work is about life and death, about humanity and the very purpose of our being.
- Publisher: FISCHER Taschenbuch
- Release: 23.11.2017
- ISBN: 978-3-596-29907-2
- 224 Pages
- Authors: Andreas LebertStephan LebertBruno ReichartElke Reichart