First, Do No Harm: The Dramatic Story of Real Doctors and Patients Making Impossible Choices at a Big-City Hospital
"A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan hospital...Harrowing... An important book."THE NEW YORK TIMESWhat 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...
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"A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan hospital...Harrowing... An important book."THE NEW YORK TIMESWhat 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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780449222904 (044922290X)
Publish date: March 2nd 1994
Publisher: Fawcett
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
First, Do No Harm is an essential book for each and every person present on earth although, it wouldn't be that way. It is a book addressing the many complexities of being a doctor. The question it keeps on asking and which also taps into our conscience, is that whether medicine is ultimately aiming...
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