The Resource No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine, Rachel Pearson
No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine, Rachel Pearson
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The item No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine, Rachel Pearson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- In medical charts, the term "N.A.D." (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America's 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 patient's care, and witnesses the ruinous effects of a hurricane on a Texas town's 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780393249248
- Label
- No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine
- Title
- No apparent distress
- Title remainder
- a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine
- Statement of responsibility
- Rachel Pearson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In medical charts, the term "N.A.D." (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America's 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 patient's care, and witnesses the ruinous effects of a hurricane on a Texas town's 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DNLM/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1983-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pearson, Rachel
- Dewey number
- 362.1
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA418
- LC item number
- .P433 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NLM call number
- W 18
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Medical students
- Medical education
- Health care rationing
- Sociobiology
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine, Rachel Pearson
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393249248
- Lccn
- 2016055803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- 959808665
- (OCoLC)959808665
- Label
- No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine, Rachel Pearson
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393249248
- Lccn
- 2016055803
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 959808665
- (OCoLC)959808665
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