The House of Hope and Fear
Subtitle: Life in a Big City Hospital
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Published: December 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781570615115
Subjects: Biography: general; Health systems & services; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Medical - General; Biography & Autobiography / Medical; Biography; County hospitals; Hospital care; Seattle; Washington (State); Women physicians
Description: Opening with the view of an idealistic young doctor entering her first post-graduate job at the local county hospital, The House of Hope and Fear explores not only the personal journey of one doctor's life and career, but also examines the American health care system as a whole. Hospital politics are detailed in an account of the hospital's inner workings, and a human face is given to the health care crisis in America. [NF, memoir].