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Author Pearson, Rachel, 1983- author.

Title No apparent distress : a doctor's coming-of-age on the front lines of American medicine / Rachel Pearson.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.1 PEARSON    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.1 PEARSON    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  362.1 PEARSON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1 PEA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B PEARSON, RACHEL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.1 PEA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  362.1 PEARSON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  362.1092 PEARSON    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  362.1 PEARSON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1 PE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 260 pages ; 25 cm
Note Includes index.
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.
Subject Students, Medical. (DNLM)D013337
Education, Medical. (DNLM)D004501
Healthcare Disparities. (DNLM)D054625
Health Care Rationing. (DNLM)D015276
Socioeconomic Factors. (DNLM)D012959
United States. (DNLM)D014481
Medical students.
Medical education.
Health care rationing.
Sociobiology.
Genre/Form Personal Narratives. (DNLM)D062210
ISBN 9780393249248 (hardcover)
0393249247 (hardcover)
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