Your Body, Your Choice is the first book addressed to the lay person on bloodless medicine and surgery. It is also, as various reviewers suggest, valuable reading for all health care professionals.
Your Body, Your Choice provides a comprehensive coverage of the History of blood transfusion Inherent risks and hazards of blood transfusion
Physiology of blood and its production within the body
History of “bloodless surgery” and the development of comprehensive hospital programs
The patient focus of “bloodless surgery”
Multiple surgical, anaesthetic and pharmacological strategies to avoid blood transfusion
Major surgeries (including liver transplantation) performed without blood transfusion
Clinical and fiscal benefits of the “bloodless” approach
Future developments
Your Body, Your Choice, published by Media Masters, comprises 196 pages in full colour, with comprehensive appendices and references. Order the book here. Read the experts and reviewer Comments on Your Body, Your Choice........
EXPERT/REVIEWER COMMENTS ON YOUR BODY, YOUR CHOICE
"A thorough, up-to-date, and well-written account of transfusion risks, benefits and alternatives that should be required reading for both health care practitioner and patient alike."
Prof Richard K. Spence, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama School of Allied Health Professions, Alabama, Director of Surgical Education for the Baptist Health
Systems Hospitals, Alabama, USA
"Treating patients without blood, so-called Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, is a contribution to medicine that will propel us into the new millennium. This book is a comparable contribution to Bloodless Medicine and Surgery. Farmer and Webb exhausted the current resources available and provided the reader with the most intelligible, comprehensive and interesting reading on the topic of Bloodless Medicine and Surgery. I salute them for a job well done." A/Prof Aryeh Shander MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology,
Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA Chief of Anesthesioloy and Critical Care
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood NJ, USA
“YOUR BODY, YOUR CHOICE has become my reference when preparing lectures on bloodless medicine and surgery for continuing medical education. Undoubtedly, it offers the most comprehensive text available today to blood conservation program medical directors, nurse coordinators and administrators in their never ending quest to educate and motivate the medical and paramedical profession towards this paradigm shift in medical care for now and for the future. No medical or nursing library should be without it. Well done.”
Dr Efraim B Kramer
Emergency Medicine Physician
Medical Director
Netcare Blood Conservation Program
SOUTH AFRICA
"Your Body, Your Choice is the first book published on the history of blood transfusion and all the current and future alternatives to it. The authors have managed to adopt a clear, detailed approach to an otherwise complex subject matter. The result is a book that is both comprehensive and easily comprehended. Numerous illustrations further enrich the work. The interested layman and patient will find Your Body, Your Choice most helpful. At the same time, physicians and scientists will be referring to its huge base of knowledge and information. This book is highly recommended to anyone who wants to know more about blood transfusions and the ways to avoid them. Furthermore, the reader will learn why bloodless medicine is a good option for most patients these days."
Prof. Donat R. Spahn
Institute for Anesthesiology
University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
“Just a note to express my appreciation for the book: Your Body, Your Choice. I have been involved in the implementation and development of bloodless medicine and surgery programs throughout the United States for the last 7 years. NEVER has there been such a comprehensive, and understandable reference source. Thank you for the obvious time and effort that went into researching these vital topics. This book will certainly help continue to propel bloodless healthcare into and above mainstream medical care. I plan to give it as a gift to all of my hospital clients. As one who has seen many changes in the field of bloodless healthcare, I can say just one thing... ‘hurray!’” Mr Daniel H. Friedman
Chief Executive Officer
Bloodless Healthcare Development, Inc.
“Your Body, Your Choice was a surprise. I expected a first class book, but that doesn't even come close to describing what I have just read. Every hospital library, doctor's office and patient's home should not only have a copy of Your Body, Your Choice but have it dog-eared from use. What a fine example of superior printing and expertise written in layman's terms. My congratulations to Mr. Farmer and Mr. Webb.” Mrs Jan Castro Graziani
Manager, Center For Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
"Your Body, Your Choice is most certainly a timely and worthwhile publication. It fulfills a significant role in bringing awareness about 'transfusion-free' surgery and medical care to physicians as well as the general public. People are interested to know that open-heart surgery and other operations are being done successfully without blood transfusion. The book brings to a focus the tremendous progress in this field and the great potential for the future." Dr Manuel R. Estioko
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon
Medical Director of the Transfusion-Free
Medicine and Surgery Center,
Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California, USA.
"It is most welcome to see a publication directed at a wider audience than the usual work presented to surgeons and anesthesiologists. This book is well researched and sets out the problems and solutions from a number of perspectives. This is a welcome edition, and would be valuable for both readers in the medical field and also interested members of the lay public." Mr Peter Earnshaw. FRCS FRCSC
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon,
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals,
London, United Kingdom
"In the authors' own words, this book was written for the lay person. It is far more than that. It is also for the medical practitioner. However, its impact will be even greater. It is the beginning of a new, far more evidence-based perspective on the use of blood and its analogues." Dr Vladimir Martyn
Anaesthetist, Fremantle Kaleeya Hospital
Centre for Blood Conservation
Perth, Western Australia.
"This book is recommended particularly for the family/community physician who has to advise his patients during these changing times, and for all those who may be required to provide an informed consent on blood and its products. It should be compulsory reading for medical students and junior specialist trainees." Dr James Kong
Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Hong Kong.
"This up-to-date monograph details the problems associated with the use of blood transfusions, such as viral transmission and reduced immunity, and the reasons the community is requesting alternative approaches. The authors have presented the wide range of bloodless surgery methods available to patients who require elective surgery. The authors have encapsulated all aspects of bloodless surgery and presented them in a way that is readable to patients and doctors." Dr Wendy Erber
Clinical Director of Haematology,
The Western Australian Centre for
Pathology and Medical Research,
Perth, Australia
"Every so often a revolution takes place in health care. This new book by Farmer and Webb is timely and informative and documents just such a revolution. It should be required reading for all medical professionals and health care consumers. Rather than taking an antagonistic approach to the subject of blood and the use of 'bloodless' alternatives, this book allows the facts to tell the story of an important revolution in world health care. While working as a reviewer I found myself quoting from the broad archive of information and history found in this book. This immediate usefulness testifies to the book's real value."
Jan B. Wade
Director for Transfusion-Free Services,
Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura,
California, USA. Co-founder of the National
Association for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
"I have just completed reading the fascinating publication Your Body, Your Choice. It is by far the most informative book I have ever read on the subject. I would therefore like to thank you very much for filling the need in this department."
Brian J Brooks
Hospital Liaison Committee for Jehovah's Witnesses
London UK
EXTRACTS FROM MEDICAL JOURNAL REVIEWS
“A useful reminder to all doctors, surgeons and anaesthetists of all grades, trainees to consultants, that blood is a valuable commodity that should be used sparingly and, in many instances, not at all. It is recommended reading.”
ANZ Journal of Surgery November 2001
“It should be compulsory reading for medical students and junior specialist trainees.”
Hong Kong Academy of Medicine 2000 International Congress
“It is a comprehensive review of current attempts in all areas of medical practice to limit the use of blood by transfusion…Indeed, it is one of the better reviews of blood conservation strategies that I have read.”
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care August 2001
“My eyes were certainly opened!”
Australian Pharmacist December 2001 |
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