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How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a broken healthcare system?



''Terrifying, whistleblowing'' DAILY MAIL

''Compelling... gripping'' GUARDIAN

''Fascinating and beautifully written... reminds us what we have with our NHS - and what we stand to lose'' CHRISTIE WATSON

The People''s Hospital is the story of how Ben Taub Hospital strives to provide healthcare to Houston''s most vulnerable population, against the background of the chaos of American healthcare. By telling the frequently heartbreaking stories of patients who have had to battle their desperate financial circumstances as well as life-threatening illness - from Rogelio, a twenty-something, undocumented immigrant from Mexico recently diagnosed with kidney disease, to Roxana, a Salvadoran woman who appears in ER after a life-saving surgery resulted in her developing potenti

The Peoples Hospital

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 1 November 2024
      ISBN-13 9780349143439
      978-0349143439
      ISBN-10 349143439
      Also in:
      Biography Autobiography: science, technology and medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a broken healthcare system?



      ''Terrifying, whistleblowing''       DAILY MAIL

      ''Compelling... gripping'' GUARDIAN

      ''Fascinating and beautifully written... reminds us what we have with our NHS - and what we stand to lose'' CHRISTIE WATSON

      The People''s Hospital       is the story of how Ben Taub Hospital strives to provide healthcare to Houston''s most vulnerable population, against the background of the chaos of American healthcare. By telling the frequently heartbreaking stories of patients who have had to battle their desperate financial circumstances as well as life-threatening illness - from Rogelio, a twenty-something, undocumented immigrant from Mexico recently diagnosed with kidney disease, to Roxana, a Salvadoran woman who appears in ER after a life-saving surgery resulted in her developing potenti

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