Tess Gerritsen "The Giver"

Author: Tess Gerritsen Title: The Donor Genre: Medical thriller Description: A transplant dilemma. Two patients waiting for a heart and only one organ available for transplant. Dr. Abby DiMatteo decides that the heart will be transplanted into a dying 17-year-old, but she is unaware of the consequences of this decision. According to her superiors, the organ was supposed to go to a mysterious, wealthy middle-aged woman. Under unexplained circumstances, a second heart is found. Dr. DiMatteo notices that something is wrong and begins a private investigation. Where do transplant organs come from? Where are the boundaries of medical ethics?