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1) Twelve patients: life and death at Bellevue Hospital

Author

Manheimer, Eric

Publisher

Grand Central Pub

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

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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.

2) Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC

Author

Manheimer, Eric

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

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In 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...