{"product_id":"twelve-patients-life-and-death-at-bellevue-hospital-the-inspiration-for-the-nbc-drama-new-amsterdam-9781455503872","title":"Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (the Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam)","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama \u003ci\u003eNew Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781455503872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Eric Manheimer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651647369372,"sku":"9781455503872","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e296c0ad-d2c3-4317-ab46-9eed464dcb69.jpg?v=1603878048","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/twelve-patients-life-and-death-at-bellevue-hospital-the-inspiration-for-the-nbc-drama-new-amsterdam-9781455503872","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}