First, Do No Harm
THE NEW YORK TIMES
What is life worth? And what is a life worth living? At a time when America faces vital choices about the future of its health care, former NEW YORK TIMES correspondent Lisa Belkin takes a powerful and poignant look at the inner workings of Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, telling the remarkable, real-life stories of the doctors, patients, families, and hospital administrators who must ask--and ultimately answer--the most profound and heart-rendng questions about life and death.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
The humanity of doctors in an often inhumane field
Author Lisa Belkin did her research, in this riveting book. Many who enter the field of medicine do care about helping people; doctors do care about their patients and are frustrated by health insurance, legal concerns and concerns for the patient...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 14, 2008 Type: User Review |
great book
i really like this book. touching stories that open your brain to different dilemmas in medical ethics, a subject i enjoy reading about. i lent it to several friends, all of whom loved the book.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Good read
I enjoyed the book. Makes you think about ethics a bit and the reality of financial constraints on the practice of medicine.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
Great Material
This book will keep you wanting to turn the page and make it hard to put down the book. This is a great explanation of real life situations that patients and hospitals face everyday. Some of the situations that are hard for some people to...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 31, 2007 Type: User Review |
Inside Texas Medical Center...
Lisa Belkin has created an amazing book here - she definitely did her research. The book consists of a few case studies of patients who pose ethical dilemas. Belkin takes you inside meetings of the ethics committee at the hospital, she takes you...
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