{"product_id":"living-and-dying-in-brick-city-stories-from-the-front-lines-of-an-inner-city-er-9780812982343","title":"Living and Dying in Brick City: Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent picture of medical care in our cities, written by an emergency room physician (and co-author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Pact\u003c\/i\u003e) who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A pull-no-punches look at health care from a seldom-heard sector . . . \u003ci\u003eLiving and Dying\u003c\/i\u003e isn't a sky-is-falling chronicle. It's a real, gutsy view of a city hospital.\"--\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Dr. Sampson Davis looks at the healthcare crisis in the inner city from a rare perspective: as a doctor who works on the front line of emergency medical care in the community where he grew up, and as a member of that community who has faced the same challenges as the people he treats every day. He also offers invaluable practical advice for those living in such communities, where conditions like asthma, heart disease, stroke, obesity, and AIDS are disproportionately endemic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Davis's sister, a drug addict, died of AIDS; his brother is now paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair as a result of a bar fight; and he himself did time in juvenile detention--a wake-up call that changed his life. He recounts recognizing a young man who is brought to the E.R. with critical gunshot wounds as someone who was arrested with him when he was a teenager during a robbery gone bad; describes a patient whose case of sickle-cell anemia rouses an ethical dilemma; and explains the difficulty he has convincing his landlord and friend, an older woman, to go to the hospital for much-needed treatment. With empathy and hard-earned wisdom, \u003ci\u003eLiving and Dying in Brick City\u003c\/i\u003e is an important resource guide for anyone at risk, anyone close to those at risk, and anyone who cares about the fate of our cities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812982343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.37w x 0.54d","brand":"Sampson Davis,Lisa Frazier Page","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52284321956021,"sku":"9780812982343","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c863e79d-43d6-4b20-8252-241d921c2edd.jpg?v=1771990643","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/living-and-dying-in-brick-city-stories-from-the-front-lines-of-an-inner-city-er-9780812982343","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}