Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1455503878 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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But nothing less is apt to work when it comes to curing that which is the hardest to treat, including our torn social fabric." --The Huffington Post"Dr. Dr. With this book Eric Manheimer joins their distinguished company -- and then some.-- James F Gilligan It is exactly the rich emotional and intellectual sweep of Twelve Patients that distinguishes this book from the usual tales of gallant doctors fighting disease, and makes it a perfect corrective for the massive denial of the urgent realities of illness and death that we all one day will face.--Ernest DruckerSampling three decades of the doctor's tenure as medical director, the book offers desperate glimpses into the unfortunate lives of t
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.. Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital, but he is also a patient. In the spirit of Oliver Sacks Awakenings and the TV series House, Dr. Eric Manheimer's TWELVE PATIENTS is a memoir from the Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital that uses the plights of twelve very different patients-from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners from Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons-to illustrate larger societal issues
He has two children and one grandchild, who was born at Bellevue.. p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; div.Section1 { page: Section1; Eric Manheimer, M.D. has been the Medical Director at Bellevue for over thirteen years and is a Clinical Professor at the New
Jack said An Honest, Sober Look At Fascinating Patient Stories. "Twelve Patients" is an engrossing book written by the former medical director of Bellevue Hospital, one of the most famous (and oldest) public hospitals in the country. Manheimer details the lives of several of his most interesting patients, in often lurid and terrifying detail. He pulls no punches in his descriptions of these patients, and doesn't flinch in his portrayal of the o. Essential Reading Eric Manheimer's Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital is compelling, powerful, emotionally moving, and eye-opening. By seeing the life behind the twelve patients he profile, Manheimer writes a humane vision of the kind of health care we all need. By viewing those lives within the much larger cultural, social, legal, political, and health care systems we all live and. Overwrought writing, interesting stories, but wasted opportunity S. Yates I am very conflicted about this book and would probably give it 2.5 stars if given the chance. The author, a former medical director at Bellevue Hospital, uses twelve patients (himself included) as a touchstone to discuss his life, his career, and numerous social issues surrounding medical care. As such, each chapter is its own vignette, though themes and some of his colleagues and