Thus a heart transplant takes much more than a good surgeon: it takes skill in bedside manner, in psychology, in immunology and a variety of other medical specialties, and even social work.
總括來說，任何臟器移植都不該是主刀的外科醫師「一頭熱」，而是必須結合內科、臨床藥理科、感染科、免疫科、病理科、精神科、檢驗科，乃至於社會工作及衛教人員，做「整體性」的評估及輔導。