The authors will sign copies of their works after the discussion. There will be a signing after the panel. Click here for more information about the event and the entire festival, one of the largest annual book events in the world. Baby E.R. The Tiniest Patients Coping with a premature birth or a seriously ill baby is devastating to parents.
Humes deftly interweaves patients stories with the debate over medical and ethical questions.
In the NICU, he writes, the vexing question of when life begins, which has sparked so much anger and debate, pales next to the far more practical question of when survival can be imagined. Or should be. Eloquent An affirming, often riveting book, and the families of the many children alive today because of an NICU will thank him for it. San Francisco Chronicle A heart-stopping account of medical prowess triumph and tragedy. Baby E.R. is not only about the cutting edge of modern medicine and the life and politics of a big city hospital, but also about the human spirit, in all its resilience and fragility.