County : life, death and politics at Chicago's public hospital
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Academy Chicago Publishers, 2013.
ISBN
9780897337199, 0897337190
Status
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
362.11 ANSELL
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362.11 ANSELL
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Academy Chicago Publishers, 2013.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
221 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780897337199, 0897337190
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 217) and index.
Description
The 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 opening 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 backdrop of race, segregation, and poverty.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ansell, D. A. (2013). County: life, death and politics at Chicago's public hospital (Second edition.). Academy Chicago Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ansell, David A.. 2013. County: Life, Death and Politics At Chicago's Public Hospital. Academy Chicago Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ansell, David A.. County: Life, Death and Politics At Chicago's Public Hospital Academy Chicago Publishers, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ansell, David A.. County: Life, Death and Politics At Chicago's Public Hospital Second edition., Academy Chicago Publishers, 2013.
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