Name: The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago er (en Inglés)
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Author: Fisher, Thomas ; Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago er (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Thomas Fisher

Prefacio de

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Editorial

One World

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

288

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.0 x 13.0 x 1.8 cm

Peso

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9780593230695

Categorías

Biografía: ciencia, tecnología y medicina
Políticas del gobierno central
Medicina de urgencias y emergencias

The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago er (en Inglés)

Thomas Fisher (Autor) · Ta-Nehisi Coates (Prefacio de) · One World · Tapa Blanda

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The riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind "Gripping . . . eloquent . . . This book reminds us how permanently interesting our bodies are, especially when they go wrong."--The New York Times ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time As an emergency room doctor working on the rapid evaluation unit, Dr. Thomas Fisher has about three minutes to spend with the patients who come into the South Side of Chicago ward where he works before directing them to the next stage of their care. Bleeding: three minutes. Untreated wound that becomes life-threatening: three minutes. Kidney failure: three minutes. He examines his patients inside and out, touches their bodies, comforts and consoles them, and holds their hands on what is often the worst day of their lives. Like them, he grew up on the South Side; this is his community and he grinds day in and day out to heal them. Through twenty years of clinical practice, time as a White House fellow, and work as a healthcare entrepreneur, Dr. Fisher has seen firsthand how our country's healthcare system can reflect the worst of society: treating the poor as expendable in order to provide top-notch care to a few. In The Emergency, Fisher brings us through his shift, as he works with limited time and resources to treat incoming patients. And when he goes home, he remains haunted by what he sees throughout his day. The brutal wait times, the disconnect between hospital executives and policymakers and the people they're supposed to serve, and the inaccessible solutions that could help his patients. To cope with the relentless onslaught exacerbated by the pandemic, Fisher begins writing letters to patients and colleagues--letters he will never send--explaining it all to them as best he can. As fast-paced as an ER shift, The Emergency has all the elements that make doctors' stories so compelling--the high stakes, the fascinating science and practice of medicine, the deep and fraught interactions between patients and doctors, the persistent contemplation of mortality. And, with the rare dual perspective of somebody who also has his hands deep in policy work, Fisher connects these human stories to the sometimes-cruel machinery of care. Beautifully written, vulnerable and deeply empathetic, The Emergency is a call for reform that offers a fresh vision of health care as a foundation of social justice.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Ta-Nehisi Coates nació en Baltimore en 1975, es un escritor, periodista y activista estadounidense, reconocido por su análisis profundo sobre la historia y la experiencia afroamericana en Estados Unidos.
Hijo de William Paul Coates, exmiembro de las Panteras Negras y fundador de Black Classic Press, y de Cheryl Waters, profesora, Coates creció en un entorno que valoraba la literatura y la conciencia política. Estudió en la Universidad de Howard, aunque no se graduó, y comenzó su carrera periodística en medios como The Village Voice y Time.

Entre sus obras más influyente encontramos Entre el mundo y yo (2015), escrita como una carta a su hijo, donde reflexiona sobre la identidad negra y la violencia racial en Estados Unidos. Este libro ganó el National Book Award y fue finalista del Pulitzer.

Además de su labor como escritor, Coates ha sido editor en The Atlantic y ha escrito cómics para Marvel, incluyendo series de Black Panther y Captain America. Ha recibido numerosos premios, como la beca MacArthur en 2015 y el George Polk Award. Actualmente, es profesor en la Universidad de Howard, donde ocupa la cátedra Sterling Brown en el Departamento de Inglés.

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