Twelve Patients

Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam)

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Twelve Patients

By: Eric Manheimer MD MD

Narrated by: Eric Manheimer MD MD

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In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection.

Using the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social implications" (Publishers Weekly).
Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital, but he is also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.

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such an enjoyable listen. A real eye opener into American healthcare. So glad I live in Australia

Fantastic

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It’s unfortunate that the author narrated his own book, it has spoiled what would’ve been a good book. His reading is dull with no inflections in his voice. He made the book boring with his one toned voice.

Narration awful

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this book got me to look at life differently and think hard about what we take for granted... Must read ...

You look at life and death differently after this

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