Anatomy of a Yes

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Anatomy of a Yes: Field Notes from an Organ Donation Advocate in Appalachia</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>By Brent Edward Whetstone</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When a family faces the unthinkable one question can change everything. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Would you like to consider organ donation?</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Anatomy of a Yes</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Bishop Brent Whetstone - chaplain advocate and voice for rural health equity - takes readers to the quiet corners of Appalachian hospitals where faith and medicine meet the limits of time. Through vivid narrative and field notes drawn from years of frontline work in organ and tissue donation Whetstone captures the fragile human moments between loss and legacy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Set against the backdrop of Appalachia's complex beauty and its deep-rooted mistrust of healthcare systems this book explores what it means to serve to listen and to help families find meaning in their most painful hour. Each chapter offers an unflinching look at the decisions families make the cultural barriers that shape them and the sacred intersection of death dignity and the gift of life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Part memoir part social reflection and part public health witness </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Anatomy of a Yes</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> reveals the unseen world of donation advocacy - a world where data and compassion must coexist and where one person's yes can echo through generations.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is not just a book about organ donation. It is a meditation on humanity hope and the quiet courage of those who say yes when everything in them aches to say no.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><h3><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Key Themes</strong></h3><p></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Organ and tissue donation</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rural and Appalachian health disparities</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Healthcare ethics and advocacy</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Faith grief and meaning-making</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Public health storytelling and narrative medicine</span></li></ul><p></p><h3><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Comparable Titles</strong></h3><ul><li><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Breath Becomes Air</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Paul Kalanithi</span></li><li><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Being Mortal</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Atul Gawande</span></li><li><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tuesdays with Morrie</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Mitch Albom</span></li><li><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Anne Fadiman</span></li></ul><p></p><h3><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Target Audience</strong></h3><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Readers of medical memoirs chaplaincy stories public health professionals rural health advocates clergy and anyone who believes that hope can still be found in hospital hallways and human connection.</span></p><p></p>