Twelve Patients. Life And Death At Bellevue Hospital

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 355 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In the spirit of Oliver Sacks Awakenings and the TV series House, Dr. Eric Manheimers 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 Rikers Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons-to illustrate larger societal issues. Manheimer is not only the medical director of the countrys 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.

ISBN: 9781455503872