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The emergency : a year of healing and heartbreak in a Chicago ER Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book
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The emergency : a year of healing and heartbreak in a Chicago ER

Fisher, Thomas (Board-certified emergency medicine physician) (author.).

Summary: "Through twenty years of clinical practice...Dr. Fisher has seen firsthand how our country's healthcare system can reflect the worst of society: treating the poor as expendable in order to provide top-notch care to a few. In The emergency, Fisher brings us through his shift, as he works with limited time and resources to treat incoming patients. And, with the rare dual perspective of somebody who also has his hands deep in policy work, Fisher connects these human stories to the sometimes-cruel machinery of care"--

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  • ISBN: 9780593559369
  • Physical Description: xviii, 358 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First large print edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-342) and index.

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Subject: African Americans Medical care
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Hospitals Emergency services Illinois Chicago
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Albright Memorial Library LARGE TYPE 362.1 FISHER (Text) 50686016156833 Adult Nonfiction Available -
New Oxford Library LP 362.1 FISHER (Text) 35740635827066 Large Print Nonfiction Available -
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