A Death Retold: Jesica Santillan, the Bungled Transplant, and Paradoxes of Medical Citizenship
(Part of the Studies in Social Medicine Series)
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In February 2003, an undocumented immigrant teen from Mexico lay dying in a prominent American hospital due to a stunning medical oversight--she had received a heart-lung transplantation of the wrong blood type. In the following weeks, Jesica Santillan's tragedy became a portal into the complexities of American medicine, prompting contentious debate about new patterns and old problems in immigration, the hidden epidemic of medical error, the lines...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807857734
ISBN13:9780807857731
Release Date:November 2006
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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