Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Transplantation

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Transplantation has become the therapeutic option of choice for most causes of liver or kidney failure; transplantation of the pancreas (with or without a concomitant kidney transplant) has become an acceptable option for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus (with or without renal failure); transplantation of the lungs has been used successfully to treat emphysema and cystic fibrosis; and transplantation of the heart has become very effective in treating cardiomyopathy and other end-stage cardiac disorders.