Select language, opens an overlay

Comment

Bellevue

Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital
Aug 30, 2017KMJ_ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a really interesting book about New York’s Bellevue Hospital, and the care it has provided to patients over centuries. This book looks at the historical context of treatment at Bellevue. Whether it's the advent of anesthesia, antiseptics, or heart catheters, the hospital staff has always sought out the best practices to help patients. The book looks at all of the research discoveries that have happened at Bellevue, and the fact that it is a hospital that doesn’t turn anyone away. The hospital may be rough around the edges and surviving on a shrinking budget, but it has helped patients through many historic crises such as the draft riots, Civil War, 1918 flu pandemic, AIDS Crisis, and Hurricane Sandy. This book makes the case for public hospitals, and shows all that they can do for patients.