I ordered it because my wife will be heading into a stem cell transplant for breast cancer in a few months and I wanted to be more prepared for what we would face. I thought it was pretty helpful for me, but it does have a fair amount of medical jargon and is a bit clinical in tone. I suppose that those properties aren't unreasonable given the book's intended audience.

I highly recommend this book for spouses, significant others, and other family and friends who are planning on taking care of a blood transplant patient when they return home as long as they aren't intimidated by medical jargon and a clinical style.

Don't read this book if you are intimidated by jargon, don't really want to know how the process works or what complications might develop, or if you are put off by an impersonal clinical description of what is going on in the body of someone you love.