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Twelve patients life and death at Bellevue Hospital

A former medical director of Bellevue Hospital in New York offers stories from the case histories of twelve patients, ranging from a homeless man to a prominent Wall Street financier, to humanize current social issues.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Manheimer, Eric
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Bellevue Hospital. Hospital patients > New York (State) > New York > Case studies. Hospital care > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
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Summary:	A former medical director of Bellevue Hospital in New York offers stories from the case histories of twelve patients, ranging from a homeless man to a prominent Wall Street financier, to humanize current social issues.
Item Description:	Includes index.
Physical Description:	355 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	9781455503889 (hbk.) 1455503886 (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Eric Manheimer, M.D. was the Medical Director at Bellevue for over thirteen years and is a Clinical Professor at the New York University School of Medicine. He is an Internist who trained at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York in Internal Medicine. Following his Chief Residency there, he moved to Hanover, New Hampshire where he was a member of Dartmouth Medical School and the Hitchcock Clinic for many years. 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.