Rough sleepers Dr. Jim O'Connell and his quest to create a community of care

"When he graduated from Harvard Medical School, Jim O'Connell was asked by the medical school Dean to spend one year setting up a program to care for the homeless population in Boston. It became Jim O'Connell's life calling, to help people known as "rough sleepers." For the past three decades, Dr. O...

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Main Author: Kidder, Tracy (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-298) 
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