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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People's Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila's stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital where insurance comes second to genuine care. Each patient eventually lands at Ben Taub, the county hospital where Dr. Nuila has worked for over a decade. Nuila delves with empathy...
Series
Routledge studies in modern history volume 1
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Examines critical health care issues facing America today, including patient safety, medical and medication errors, hospital-acquired infections, family-centered care and the effective management of chronic disease. The program focuses on the advances being made in improving the quality of patient care and features profiles of providers and patients who are working together to change the way health care is provided in the United States.
Author
Series
Inside story volume 1
Publisher
Neon Squid
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"It's another busy day at the hospital! Meet doctors and nurses, ride in an ambulance, and discover the magic of medicine in this nonfiction story for kids. This book is perfect for any child who is nervous about a trip to the hospital. Dr. Christle Nwora takes readers behind the scenes to meet the incredible people who keep you healthy, from surgeons to mental health therapists. Dr. Nwora also explains the science behind how things work, from X-rays...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an antidepressant drug. Day after day, she sees her own suffering in the ads she helps to create, trapped in an endless cycle of treatment, insurance and medication....
71) Blindness
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of 'white blindness.' Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where societal norms quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. Inside the hospital is one eyewitness to the nightmare. Following her husband into the hospital, a woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bambú Editorial
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
Joe tiene once años y no recuerda haber vivido nunca fuera de su habitación en el hospital, con el bip-bip de sus máquinas y esa vista de los tejados de Londres. Su enfermedad no le deja salir ni por un momento y las pocas visitas que recibe pueden traer a su ±burbuja microbios peligrosos. Sus padres murieron en un accidente hace años y quien le atiende y acompaña es su hermana Beth, que está estudiando en la Universidad. Pero...
