| Description |
xi, 223 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Climbing the mountain of medical school (and finding it is just snow and ice) -- Medications can make you (and the fishes) sick -- The emergency room at night: radioactive patients and chocolate all over the place -- Dead men don't tell tales, but sometimes they get x-rays and ECGs -- The toughest man in the hospital becomes the most pitiable -- A black man in Dallas on the day JFK was assassinated -- Rib tips and homegoings -- Of little green men and imaginary highways -- Poisons: KGB umbrellas, the first Ricin survivor, and a suicidal biochemist -- The woman with the sore thumb: why listening is an art -- Don't believe everything you read in the medical record -- Sources of embarrassment: vibrators, rashes, and medical students -- The mystery of the seductive nurse -- The princess and the king -- The Duke of Spain and the professor from Penn -- West side drama in three parts -- Mr. Rodriguez's secret, and the assassin's victim -- Of presidents, Negro Leaguers, serial killers, and Linda Darnell -- Tales from the movies -- Stay away from the hospital on holidays if at all possible -- Yes, physicians can be arrogant and heartless -- The disease that turned out to be AIDS -- Chicago has two seasons -- Working in a free clinic: health without wealth -- You can't stop progress. |
| Subject |
John H. Stroger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County (Chicago, Ill.)
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Cook County Hospital (Chicago, Ill.)
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Intensive care units -- Illinois -- Cook County.
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Intensive care units -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Intensive care units -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Anecdotes.
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Hospitals -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Anecdotes.
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Added Title |
Cook County Intensive Care Unit |
| ISBN |
9780897339254 (paperback) |
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0897339258 (paperback) |
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