| First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital Contributor(s): Belkin, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 044922290X ISBN-13: 9780449222904 Publisher: Fawcett Books OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: March 1994 Annotation: "A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan hospital...Harrowing... An important book." THE NEW YORK TIMES What is life worth? And what is a life worth living? At a time when America faces vital choices about the future of its health care, former NEW YORK TIMES correspondent Lisa Belkin takes a powerful and poignant look at the inner workings of Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, telling the remarkable, real-life stories of the doctors, patients, families, and hospital administrators who must ask--and ultimately answer--the most profound and heart-rendng questions about life and death. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Ethics - Medical | Education & Training |
| Dewey: 174 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 4.21" W x 6.95" (0.40 lbs) 368 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan hospital...Harrowing... An important book." THE NEW YORK TIMES What is life worth? And what is a life worth living? At a time when America faces vital choices about the future of its health care, former NEW YORK TIMES correspondent Lisa Belkin takes a powerful and poignant look at the inner workings of Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, telling the remarkable, real-life stories of the doctors, patients, families, and hospital administrators who must ask--and ultimately answer--the most profound and heart-rendng questions about life and death. |