{"product_id":"living-and-dying-in-brick-city-stories-from-the-front-lines-of-an-inner-city-e-r-paperback","title":"Living and Dying in Brick City: Stories from the Front Lines of an Inner-City E.R. - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSampson Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLisa Frazier Page\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent picture of medical care in our cities, written by an emergency room physician (and co-author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Pact\u003c\/i\u003e) who grew up in the very neighborhood he is now serving\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A pull-no-punches look at health care from a seldom-heard sector . . . \u003ci\u003eLiving and Dying\u003c\/i\u003e isn't a sky-is-falling chronicle. It's a real, gutsy view of a city hospital.\"--\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Dr. Sampson Davis looks at the healthcare crisis in the inner city from a rare perspective: as a doctor who works on the front line of emergency medical care in the community where he grew up, and as a member of that community who has faced the same challenges as the people he treats every day. He also offers invaluable practical advice for those living in such communities, where conditions like asthma, heart disease, stroke, obesity, and AIDS are disproportionately endemic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Davis's sister, a drug addict, died of AIDS; his brother is now paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair as a result of a bar fight; and he himself did time in juvenile detention--a wake-up call that changed his life. He recounts recognizing a young man who is brought to the E.R. with critical gunshot wounds as someone who was arrested with him when he was a teenager during a robbery gone bad; describes a patient whose case of sickle-cell anemia rouses an ethical dilemma; and explains the difficulty he has convincing his landlord and friend, an older woman, to go to the hospital for much-needed treatment. With empathy and hard-earned wisdom, \u003ci\u003eLiving and Dying in Brick City\u003c\/i\u003e is an important resource guide for anyone at risk, anyone close to those at risk, and anyone who cares about the fate of our cities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSampson Davis\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He is a board certified emergency medicine physician and author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Pact, We Beat the Street, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bond. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the youngest physician to receive the National Medical Association's highest honor, the Scroll of Merit. He is a recipient of Essence and BET humanitarian awards and was named by \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the forty most inspirational African Americans. He is a founder of the Three Doctors Foundation and practices medicine in New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.94 x 5.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468548784381,"sku":"9780812982343","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/TnI2bEpLV29TY3FYM3B5M3dpbFFzQT09.webp?v=1777290425","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/living-and-dying-in-brick-city-stories-from-the-front-lines-of-an-inner-city-e-r-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}