{"product_id":"the-peoples-hospital-9781408711439","title":"The Peoples Hospital","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHow do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a broken healthcare system?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A fascinating and beautifully written memoir that reminds us what we have with our NHS - and what we stand to lose'' Christie Watson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A tour de force... lyrical and riveting prose'' Abraham Verghese, author of \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Nuila details the horrific reality of the American healthcare system from the front lines, and shows us why it doesn''t have to be like that'' Sally Hayden, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Fourth Time, We Drowned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe People''s Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e 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 illn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrifying, whistleblowing\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eNuila unbraids the interlocked strands of hospitals, health insurance companies, Big Pharma and profit-minded physicians, all unified in the purpose of solving sickness through the mechanism of business. \u003cb\u003eHe humanizes his points in meticulous and compassionate detail... A skilful writer\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling mixture of healthcare policy and gripping stories from the frontlines of medicine\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003efascinating and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e memoir that reminds us what we have with our NHS - and what we stand to lose * Christie Watson *\u003cbr\u003eLike a handful of other storied public hospitals in America, Ben Taub manages to do the impossible: to provide world class care for the uninsured and indigent; train generations of physicians; pioneer medical breakthroughs; and do it at a fraction of the cost of fancier places. Nuila's \u003cb\u003elyrical and riveting prose\u003c\/b\u003e lays bare the dysfunctional expensive quagmire that passes for our health care system. His stories of patients and those who care for them captures the miracle that is Ben Taub. \u003ci\u003eThe People's Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003etour de force\u003c\/b\u003e * Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rare and unforgettable work\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe People's Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e takes us deep into the lives of some of America's poorest patients. Following in the tradition of Bryan Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eJust Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e and Atul Gawande's \u003ci\u003eBeing Mortal\u003c\/i\u003e, Nuila makes a revelatory passage through a system that is both flawed and primed for reform * Andrea Elliott, author of Invisible Child *\u003cbr\u003eRicardo Nuila details the horrific reality of the American healthcare system from the front lines, and shows us why it doesn't have to be like that. This is America, as experienced by the many people who fall through the cracks of a corporate system readily willing to disregard them. \u003ci\u003eThe People's Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e brings the experiences of the poor, undocumented and unlucky to centre stage, while forcing the reader to confront how explicitly money can be the deciding factor when it comes to saving a life * Sally Hayden, author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevelatory and often heartbreaking\u003c\/b\u003e... Nuila is a skilled writer and shifts elegantly between these narratives and his personal story... His lyricism and empathy defy both typical medical journalism and the reduction of patient care to the management of charts and bills... \u003cb\u003eA compassionate, engrossing story\u003c\/b\u003e of frustrated hopes and unlikely victories in American health care. * Kirkus, starred review *\u003cbr\u003eNuila practices internal medicine in Houston at Ben Taub Hospital, but the doctor's new book might take place in any big city where the uninsured - like the patients he chronicles here - face astronomical fees, mazes of endless paperwork and poor or insufficient diagnoses made by exhausted medical professionals. \u003cb\u003eNuila's storytelling gifts place him alongside colleagues like Atul Gawande\u003c\/b\u003e * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe People's Hospital \u003c\/i\u003ewill leave you with a hope that even if our healthcare system will never become the shining beacon of equitable care all patients deserve, it ca, at least, get better * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eNuila brilliantly sets up a high-stakes narrative of life and death in a dysfunctional national healthcare system... He has written his first book with symphonic breadth and organization * Houston Chronical *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompassionate, detailed, accessible\u003c\/b\u003e (and yes, occasionally infuriating), Nuila's book is a wise and timely look at the failures of American medicine and a hopeful glimpse of a different way forward * Shelf Awareness (starred review) *\u003cbr\u003eAn urgent and essential call for a more humane healthcare system * Publishers Weekly *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885549662551,"sku":"9781408711439","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408711439.jpg?v=1722536876","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-peoples-hospital-9781408711439","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}