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Twelve patients : life and death at Bellevue Hospital / Eric Manheimer.
A former medical director of Bellevue Hospital in New York offers stories from the case histories of twelve patients, ranging from a homeless man to a prominent Wall Street financier, to humanize current social issues.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781455503872 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1455503878 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781455503889
- ISBN: 1455503886
- Physical Description: vii, 355 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st trade paperback ed.
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Pub., c2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. "The inspiration for the new NBC drama New Amsterdam"--Cover. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The one-strike law -- Tanisha -- Sunrise to sunset -- Beso de angel -- The qualification -- A heart for Rabinal -- Four generations -- The singularity -- Trauma Detroit -- Index of suspicion -- The unloved woman -- Collateral damage. |
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| Subject: | Manheimer, Eric. Bellevue Hospital. Hospital patients > New York (State) > New York > Case studies. Hospital care > New York (State) > New York > Case studies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | 362.21 M277t 2012 (Text) | 33126024560280 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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A former medical director of Bellevue Hospital in New York offers stories from the case histories of twelve patients, ranging from a homeless man to a prominent Wall Street financier, to humanize current social issues. - Grand Central PubIn the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection.
Using the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social implications" (Publishers Weekly).
Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital, but he is also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.