| County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital Contributor(s): Ansell, David A. (Author), Young, Quentin (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0897336208 ISBN-13: 9780897336208 Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2010053279 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.38" W x 9.28" (1.26 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The amazing tale of "County" is the story of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a "poor house" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been renowned as a teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last resort for the city's uninsured. Ansell covers more than thirty years of its history, beginning in the late 1970s when the author began his internship, to the "Final Rounds" when the enormous iconic Victorian hospital building was replaced. Ansell writes of the hundreds of doctors who underwent rigorous training with him. He writes of politics, from contentious union strikes to battles against "patient dumping," and public health, depicting the AIDS crisis and the Out of Printening of County's HIV/AIDS clinic, the first in the city. And finally it is a coming-of-age story for a young doctor set against a backdrOut of Print of race, segregation, and poverty. This is a riveting account. |