Eric Manheimer (Livres)

Eric Manheimer Livres

Manheimer explore les histoires médicales et humaines complexes dans le cadre d'un hôpital de New York. Son œuvre aborde des thèmes de soins, de compassion et de résilience face aux défis. Par son écriture captivante, il éclaire non seulement les aspects cliniques de la médecine, mais aussi les questions éthiques et existentielles plus profondes que présente la profession. Sa perspective sur la médecine est façonnée par un large intérêt pour l'anthropologie, l'histoire et les sciences sociales.

Twelve Patients

368pages
13 heures de lecture

The inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam and in the spirit of Oliver Sacks, this intensely involving memoir from a former medical director of a major NYC hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and reveals the author's own battle with cancer. 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 was not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital for over 13 years, but he was 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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