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Ask me why I hurt the kids nobody wants and the doctor who heals them

The touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor's office on wheels. His patients are homeless adolescents and...

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Main Author: Christensen, Randy, Dr
Other Authors: Denfeld, Rene
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, c2011.
Edition:1st ed.
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Homeless children > Medical care > Arizona.
Homeless children > Arizona.
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Summary:The touching and revealing first-person account of the remarkable work of Dr. Randy Christensen. Trained as a pediatrician, he works not in a typical hospital setting but, rather, in a 38-foot Winnebago that has been refitted as a doctor's office on wheels. His patients are homeless adolescents and children living on the outskirts of Phoenix.
Physical Description:ix, 270 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780307718990 (hbk.)
0307718999 (hbk.)
Author Notes:RANDY CHRISTENSEN, M.D., is a staff physician at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Since 2000, he has been the medical director of Crews'n Healthmobile, a mobile medical clinic that provides primary and comprehensive medical care to homeless children. Dr. Christensen has been the recipient of several awards for his work, including the CNN Heroes award and People Magazine's "Heroes Among Us." He lives in Phoenix with his wife, Amy, also a pediatrician, and their three children.

RENE DENFELD is the author of three books, including the international bestseller The New Victorians (1995) and has written for The New York Times Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Oregonian. A passionate advocate for the adoption of foster children, she lives in Portland, Oregon, with her three children, all adopted from foster care.

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