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OverviewThe amazing tale of County is the story of one of America s oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a poor house dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago s Cook County Hospital has been renowned as a teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last resort for the city s uninsured. Ansell covers more than thirty years of its history, beginning in the late 1970s when the author began his internship, to the Final Rounds when the enormous iconic Victorian hospital building was replaced. Ansell writes of the hundreds of doctors who underwent rigorous training with him. He writes of politics, from contentious union strikes to battles against patient dumping, and public health, depicting the AIDS crisis and the Out of Printening of County s HIV/AIDS clinic, the first in the city. And finally it is a coming-of-age story for a young doctor set against a backdrOut of Print of race, segregation, and poverty. This is a riveting account. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David A Ansell , Quentin YoungPublisher: Chicago Review Press Imprint: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 9781306878029ISBN 10: 1306878020 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 January 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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