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Product Identifiers
PublisherNew Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-101565841387
ISBN-139781565841383
eBay Product ID (ePID)660906
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHospital : an Oral History of Cook County Hospital
Publication Year1994
SubjectHistory, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
TypeTextbook
AuthorSydney Lewis
Subject AreaMedical, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight24.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-021775
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal362.1/1/0977311
SynopsisThe future of medical care is now high on the US political agenda, but few understand what it is really like to deal with the nation's health in the very battle trenches of American medicine. In this study, Lewis uses Chicago's Cook County Hospital as a microcosm of both the human and the social problems faced by America. She interviewed a wide range of people involved in the running of the hospital, from a former director to an elevator operator, and from a security guard to the head of the trauma unit.