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A bestselling author and award-winning journalist follows a year in the life of a big urban hospital, painting a revealing portrait of how medical care is delivered in America today., Journalist Julie Saloman offers a hectic, eye-opening, occasionally appalling and often entertaining look inside the Maimonides Medical Center, a teeming Brooklyn hospital that struggles with the chaos of the American health system: immigrants, the uninsured, penny-pinching insurance companies, overworked nurses, antiquated equipment, celebrity surgeons, and the poor patients themselves. Saloman introduces us to dozens of characters, and countless quandaries--ethical, financial, social--until the reader feels as crazed as the hospital workers themselves. Though full of fascinating dramas, side-plots, and anecdotes, the underlying message of HOSPITAL rings loud and clear: the ship is sinking and something needs to be done.
| Size | | Length: | 384 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 21.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"HOSPITAL is an ambitious, often absorbing story. It can also be quite funny."
(07/06/2008)
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