Christiaan Barnard - Books

Books

Christiaan Barnard wrote two autobiographies. His first book, One Life, was published in 1969 and subsequently sold copies worldwide. Some of the proceeds were used to set up the Chris Barnard Fund for research into heart disease and heart transplants in Cape Town. His second autobiography, The Second Life, was published in 1993, eight years before his death.

Apart from his autobiographies, Dr Barnard also wrote several other books including:

• The Donor
• Your Healthy Heart
• In The Night Season
• The Best Medicine
• Arthritis Handbook: How to Live With Arthritis
• Good Life Good Death: A Doctor's Case for Euthanasia and Suicide
• South Africa: Sharp Dissection
• 50 Ways to a Healthy Heart
• Body Machine