Cardiac surgery : biological and psychological implications

Introduction General Issues Philosophical Considerations Open-Heart and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Psychiatric and Neurological Aspects of Cardiac Surgery Cardioplegia Time Psychological Preparation of the Patient for Cardiac Surgery Stopping Time and Cardiac Surgery The Mind and Time Thoughts and Feelings Before Cardiac Surgery The Soul The Soul and Time Perceptions and Cardiac Surgery Cardiac Surgery and the Body-Mind Problem Transference Quality of Life and Rehabilitation Psychodynamic Aspects The Psychodynamic Experience of Cardiac Surgery On Borrowed Time: In The Final Analysis, All Cardiac Patients Live On Borrowed Time Body Image On Being Mindless, Nirvana, Freedom from the Self (Sufi), Pure Consciousness, and the Hibernated State During Cardiac Surgery The Self and an Appointment With Destiny A New Life