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Code gray death, life, and uncertainty in the ER

A medical memoir focusing on one emergency room doctor's shift in an urban ER follows the experiences of real patients and focuses on the story of a forty-three-year-old woman who arrives in sudden cardiac arrest and the challenges it presents for physicians.

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Main Author: Nahvi, Farzon A. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Summary:A medical memoir focusing on one emergency room doctor's shift in an urban ER follows the experiences of real patients and focuses on the story of a forty-three-year-old woman who arrives in sudden cardiac arrest and the challenges it presents for physicians.
Physical Description:ix, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245).
ISBN:9781982160296
1982160292
Author Notes:Farzon A. Nahvi is an ER physician at Concord Hospital in Concord, New Hampshire, and a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Prior to this, he worked as an ER physician and clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Mount Sinai Health System, NYU Langone Health, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and the Manhattan VA. He is a graduate of Cornell University and NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He has written for The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Guardian , Daily News (New York), New York magazine, and other publications. In April 2019, he testified as an expert witness before Congress in the nation's first Medicare for All hearing.

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