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First, Do No Harm
by: Lisa Belkin |
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780449222904 ISBN: 044922290X Label: Fawcett Manufacturer: Fawcett Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: March 02, 1994 Publisher: Fawcett Release Date: March 02, 1994 Studio: Fawcett |
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 - Understanding "The System" I highly recommend this book. It is a difficult book to put down. Written with amazing and factual insight into the decisions made every day at hospitals. It is an intellectual must read for people who believe there are "cut and dried" answers for patients. Lisa skillfully cut from one patient to the next, keeping you on the edge of your seat as she masterfully tells the story of each patient for whom ethical decisions had to be made. It may be eyeopening for some people to realize that when you or your loved one is hospitalized, all bets are off as to life and death decisions. You may find yourself at the mercy of the hospital ethics commitee. Welcome to the world of modern medical science. Rating: - The humanity of doctors in an often inhumane fieldAuthor Lisa Belkin did her research, in this riveting book. Many who enter the field of medicine do care about helping people; doctors do care about their patients and are frustrated by health insurance, legal concerns and concerns for the patient and their families. Based in a hospital in Houston, where Belkin did her research, you will not put down this book. You will feel new empathy for doctors who agonize over the end of life issues with patients and their families. Rating: - Good readI enjoyed the book. Makes you think about ethics a bit and the reality of financial constraints on the practice of medicine. Rating: - Great MaterialThis book will keep you wanting to turn the page and make it hard to put down the book. This is a great explanation of real life situations that patients and hospitals face everyday. Some of the situations that are hard for some people to understand why hospitals are concerned with matters like money and certain treatments of patients can be explained. Rating: - Inside Texas Medical Center...Lisa Belkin has created an amazing book here - she definitely did her research. The book consists of a few case studies of patients who pose ethical dilemas. Belkin takes you inside meetings of the ethics committee at the hospital, she takes you to the patient's bedside to see what the patient actually wants. Some of the patients she follows are a young kid who has been hospitalized for 15 years with a terminal condition, beating all odds by staying alive that long, several premature babies, and a man who was paralyzed almost completely after getting shot in the spine. It's a great look at medical ethics - Lisa Belkin's book asks all the right questions. The book is in a very easy-to-read format - the stories of the patients she follows are all intertwined throughout the book. For example, you'll read about Patrick for 30-or-so pages, and then she'll switch over to update you on Taylor's story. She does this because you are reading the stories in "real time" as they happened; all of this took place in a certain time span in the hospital. It's exciting and fast-paced non-fiction - I read it in two days and didn't put it down. It will break your heart, because often the ethics committee has to bring money into the discussion, as much as they would like to treat every patient as if money was not an issue. This book is SO worth reading, for anyone who is interested in medicine and healthcare at all. |
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