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Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam) Paperback – July 2, 2013
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Using the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social implications" (Publishers Weekly).
Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's 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.
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 2, 2013
- Dimensions6.1 x 1.25 x 9.05 inches
- ISBN-101455503878
- ISBN-13978-1455503872
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He has had a long interest in international health working in Haiti and Pakistan and in medical anthropology, history, the social sciences and literature particularly of Latin America. Along with his wife Diana Taylor, who is a University Professor at New York University, Eric travels extensively in Latin America and Mexico. He has two children and one grandchild, who was born at Bellevue.
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- Publisher : Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (July 2, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1455503878
- ISBN-13 : 978-1455503872
- Item Weight : 14.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.1 x 1.25 x 9.05 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #45,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #25 in Health Care Delivery (Books)
- #117 in Medical Professional Biographies
- #1,615 in Memoirs (Books)
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A very good read, well written the fascinating.
Twelve Patients: Life and Deat at Bellevue Hospital is much more of a good read, that I initially was willing to give it credit for. The excellent author, Mr. Eric Manheimer, takes the reader on a tour, that otherwise would be hard to take. His knowledge, research, case files, and so many things more, gives this book a quality of reading well worth pursuing. Everyone knows that many end up in a hospital as they are knocking on heaven's door, and sometimes when one is roaming around the wings, and takes a look inside the rooms, never fails to be seen a person covered with all manners of medical equipment, and perhaps a visitor(s) that faithfully keeps watch over their loved one.
This book has so many angles, but all of them, are as the title suggests, life at Bellevue Hospital, which in a way is quite a legend where hospitals are concerned. Heavy subject, written in a light manner, makes this book one to read and share. 4.5 Stars.
I bought this book and took it on a weekend get-away with my family----what a mistake!!!!!! I had to fight my family off from taking this book from me----they too were wholly engrossed in the contents having "lived" Bellevue through me during my tenure there. Subsequently we have bought many more copies. As some who reads 2-3 novels a week, I give this book a 10/10!
David Seubert, MD
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