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Starred Review on June 1, 2021 | Audio
Maverick physician Robert White (1926–2010) was a man of deep convictions and curious contradictions. A devout Catholic, he sought to pioneer lifesaving surgical techniques and was befriended by successive popes; he ultimately founded the Vatican Commission on Bioethics. As a medical researcher during the dawn of organ transplantation in the 1950s, White conducted extraordinarily ambitious experiments that pushed the boundaries of co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



