No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine
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New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages : 24 cm.
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
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Includes index.
Description
A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at risk.In medical charts, the term "N.A.D." (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes Americas medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor-and the poor suffer from their mistakes.Rachel Pearson confronted these harsh realities when she started medical school in Galveston, Texas. Pearson, herself from a working-class background, remains haunted by the suicide of a close friend, experiences firsthand the heartbreak of her own errors in a patients care, and witnesses the ruinous effects of a hurricane on a Texas towns medical system. In a free clinic where the motto is "All Are Welcome Here," she learns how to practice medicine with love and tenacity amidst the raging injustices of a system that favors the rich and the white. No Apparent Distress is at once an indictment of American health care and a deeply moving tale of one doctors coming-of-age.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pearson, R. (2017). No apparent distress: a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pearson, Rachel, 1983-. 2017. No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming-of-age On the Front Lines of American Medicine. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pearson, Rachel, 1983-. No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming-of-age On the Front Lines of American Medicine W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pearson, Rachel. No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming-of-age On the Front Lines of American Medicine First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
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