The people's hospital : hope and peril in American medicine
by Nuila, Ricardo, 1978- (Author)
Summary
"Where does one go without health insurance, when turned away by hospitals, clinics, and doctors? In The People's Hospital, physician Ricardo Nuila's stunning debut, we follow the lives of five uninsured Houstonians as their struggle for survival leads them to a hospital where insurance comes second... Full description
- Histories
- Life without insurance. The dead parts ; Doctors ; Coverage ; Hospitals ; Wards
- Symptoms and solutions. Assumptions ; Beliefs ; Misperceptions ; Miscalculations ; Algorithmania
- Costs. Excess ; Public + private ; Disaster syndrome ; Tiers
- Faith. Addendum.