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Author Nuila, Ricardo, author.

Title The people's hospital : hope and peril in American medicine / Ricardo Nuila.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2023.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  362 Nui    ---  DUE 04-29-24
Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description x, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Summary Recounting the stories of five individuals denied access to medical care due to a lack of adequate insurance, a physician at Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston--which emphasizes people over payments--interweaves their dramas into a singular narrative that contradicts the established idea that the only way to receive good healthcare is with good insurance.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-354) and index.
Subject Ben Taub General Hospital.
Public hospitals -- Texas -- Houston.
Medically uninsured persons -- Medical care -- Texas -- Houston.
Medical care -- Texas -- Houston.
ISBN 9781501198045 : $28.00
1501198041 : $28.00

 
    
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