Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0897339258 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
interesting look at medicine Not only is this book full of amusing stories about patients and the odd environment doctors work in, it ends with an important reflection on the direction medicine has taken. As a person with metastatic cancer, I'm all too familiar with one side of the equation, and in just the few years I've been sick, I. Wit and wisdom from the ER and ICU barbiedee As a nurse, I am always interested in books written by medical professionals. Its interesting reading to find out how 'the other guy/gal' finds his or her chosen career path. Cook County ICU was a great read for me. Dr. Franklin not only gave some insightful glimpses into his 30 yr career as an ER/ICU phys. Elise Alice said Very Good!. Having gone to Cook County Hospital once in the late 60's I was eager to hear the stories Mr. Franklin told so well. I highly recommend this book as a well written, informative and entertaining read.
Franklin is an editorial board contributor to the Chicago Tribune and the author of Chicago Flashbulbs. Cory Franklin was an M.D. In 1993, he worked as a technical advisor to Harrison Ford and was one of the role models for the physician Ford played in the film The Fugitive. Readers will be riveted by stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from his 30-year career in medicine that spanned the 1970s through the 1990s, including some major moments in medical history like the AIDS epidemic and the deadly Chicago heatwave of 1995. Cory Franklin. He lives in Wilmette, Illinois.. We follow Dr. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times. An inside look at one of the nation's most famous public hospitals, Cook County, as seen through the eyes of its longtime Director of Intensive Care, Dr. Dr. Each chapter features stories centered on a medical topic like body temperature, medications, detecting poisons, and the art of "taking a history" Readers will come away learning how the practice of medicine has changed over the years, which will be insightful for patients, doctors, and medical students alike. Franklin as he unravels a host of strange cases including the nurse with rare Munchausen syndrome, the only surviving ricin victim, and the professor with Alzheimer's hiding the effects of the wrong medication.
“Longtime doctor and first-rate observer Cory Franklin writes that, in the emergency room, ‘the day shift was rap music, the evening shift was easy listening, and the overnight shift was jazz.’ Franklin is an overnighter, riffing on practitioners and patients, jamming with equal parts pride and regret about his fascinating and sometimes brutal world.” —Marilyn Johnson, author of Lives in Ruins: Archaeologistsand the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble