Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital | 
so-soI thought this was good. He was able to sit down with some of these patients and talk to them and find out more about their backgrounds, so he provides more than the medical information about each one. He talks about their lives, and how they came to be in New York and in the hospital. Some of the patients were immigrants and some were prisoners from the nearby Rikers Prison, and there is more variety in addition. Cont in comments...
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Late on my review for this one...probably not a good sign for the quality of it?
A high point was listening along to the audiobook as I read the physical copy, as I got to hear what Dr. Manheimer sounds like in real life. That was interesting to compare to his character on NBC‘s “New Amsterdam”. I felt it unnecessary to finish reading before tuning in to season 2.
The chapters were long and textbookish, making it hard to stick with.
One definition of maturity in this business is when the humanity of the people that walk through our doors becomes a part of your own.
Mental health coverage is like a Brazilian bikini, it doesn‘t cover much. #kindasad #kindafunny #definitelytrue 😂👙🤣
When health care is now measured by a “medical loss ratio”, and the percentage of spending on health care is considered a loss, then we are really lost.
How people die and how we participate in their deaths is as much about us as about them. Our own humanity is at stake. In a society that is increasingly mesmerized by efficiency, measurement by numbers and a bottom-line mentality that extols profit and wealth over any other human value, the risk is clear to everyone I work with.
In a world that is increasingly stressful and less predictable, more economically challenging and politically less governable, medicine is still about looking after the individual who seeks care.
The idea was to read this one cover to cover today and be about 10 hours further along than I actually got, but I‘ve been extremely tired all day for some reason...might have to actually leave my apartment and go somewhere else for day three tomorrow. Calling it a night on day two and hoping to be refreshed and reenergized to begin again tomorrow and plow through the rest of it! #24b42020
The bad news: I have to return a book to the library I work @ tomorrow and I‘ve officially obtained my first Interlibrary Loan fees, I have not finished the book. 👎🏻📚😔
The good news, because of some harsh life circumstances, I have not started watching the latest season of New Amsterdam. When I went to check on if I could renew the aforementioned book, based off the real life New Amsterdam doctor was ready and waiting to be checked out! 💯
pickI didn‘t make it before the Season 2 premier, but still made it. This book in no way prepared me for the Season 2 premier of New Amsterdam. I did not find out who lived or died in that ambulance crash until I watched the show tonight. I will forever be haunted by “it‘s always my turn” and Max saying the days, “they‘re all long.”
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Not surprising in the least.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #healthcare
I‘m trying to finish this before the New Amsterdam premiere on Tuesday night, but I‘m not sure I‘m going to make it.
I think people are shocked by the number of highly skilled immigrants (legal or not) who come here and can‘t work in the fields they‘re trained in. I firmly believe they should be able to show their credential or be able to call the school and then just take the licensing exam here. It‘s amazing the number of immigrant students I work with at work that are getting a second degree because their old credentials just don‘t count for some reason.
Dear America,
Please remember this, too. Please don‘t lose your humanity. You are better than this, America. We are better than this.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #America #priorities #humanity
Dear America,
Please remember this. It‘s really important. As Manheimer says, our humanity is at stake.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #humanity #medicine #medicalcare
It‘s hard to imagine what life is like for average, everyday Mexican citizens. I don‘t think, as Americans, we have considered how NAFTA hurt Mexican farmers or how life as it is now, in Mexico is a type of prison people find themselves in when they only thing they ever did was be born. This was a stunning, beautiful, eye opening passage. This explains why Trump‘s plan will NEVER work.
This gets you thinking. Clearly, we‘re screwing this whole thing up.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #mexico #america #healthcare #healthcareforall #allaboutthemoney
“Kids are what their grandmothers ate.”
It‘s a wonder I function. My kids are screwed.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #biology #grandmothers #food
As one does. Who doesn‘t like Mali griots mixed with Cuban Son, really?
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #music #cuban #mali
This is officially my new travel plan...accept probably download over CD these days. lol
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #music #book #travel
This sounds JUST like Max!!! I can hear Ryan Eggold saying this in my head.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam #DrGoodwin #Max
I‘ve got to say, I‘m impressed. They‘ve done a really good job of showing this hospital as it really is on the show.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #NewAmsterdam #DamFam
I love #NewAmsterdam so much, I absolutely have to read this book before season 2 begins on 24 September. I just love Max and Iggy and Vijay so much!!! If you haven‘t seen this show, grab a box of tissues (you‘re going to have ALL the feels) and binge this wonderful show on Hulu immediately. You‘re welcome.
#DrEricManheimer #TwelvePatients #DamFam
What the hell?
Has anyone ever had this happen to them at their local library?
Experiencing some serious bookish disappointment this morning! ☹️☹️☹️
pickAn fascinating look at Bellevue hospital, the stories are bound to pull your heartstrings.
4⭐
pickA former Chief Medical Officer of Bellevue gives a small glimpse into the world of this flagship public hospital through the stories of 12 patients who passed through its doors. These are fascinating and absorbing individual stories, and the insight I to the hospital is also very interesting.
New Amsterdam (the TV show) is very very very loosely based on this book.
My primary criticism is that it can be hard to follow the sequencing👇
I‘m sorry (not sorry) to everyone who is expecting me to read other things when I get done with my currently read. After tonight‘s episode of New Amsterdam, I may not be able to hold off until after the season finale.
#SaveMax #SaveIggy #NewAmsterdam #TwelvePatients #DrEricManheimer
About a fourth of the way through New Amsterdam and found out it‘s based on a real person and the book about him!! I‘m hooked on the show and want to keep watching, but I‘m usually a “read the book before you watch the show or see the movie” kind of gal.
THE STRUGGLE Y‘ALL. 😩😩😩
so-soI wanted to love this book because my husband and I have been watching New Amsterdam and it was based off the book...but I‘m really not a big non-fiction fan! Part of the book was interesting and I really wanted to find out what happened to a patient...part of it I found myself skimming and wondering why each chapter was so long. I‘m glad I read it, but I‘m glad it wasn‘t any longer than it was!
Why do I not remember there being a blue sour patch kid!? I guess it has been too long since I‘ve had these. Enjoying a sweet (and sour!) treat with my book tonight!!
My husband and I have been watching New Amsterdam lately, which is based on this book. So of course I had to grab it from the library! 📖
pickThis book was super good. I really enjoyed the stories and the insights into the patient‘s lives and their stories. The cultural differences and the information about immigration makes it a must read.
This chapter is about the obesity epidemic.
Just picked this up today! Convinced my hubby I needed a new book :)
I‘ve been dying to read this memoir based on 12 patients at Bellevue Hospital (insane asylum) for so long. So many books so little time!!!
#misterasylum
#octoberxfiles
I‘m aware that the correct slang terms for Bellevue Hospital would be “funny farm” or “madhouse” but nonetheless, #funhouse has me thinking of this place 😳
Anyone read this book and love it???
#getmovin
Always in the mood for books like this!
