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No Apparent Distress
Rachel Pearson
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Description for No Apparent Distress
Hardback. A brutally frank memoir about doctors and patients in a health care system that puts the poor at risk. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
In medical charts, the term “N.A.D.” (No Apparent Distress) is used for patients who appear stable. The phrase also aptly describes America’s medical system when it comes to treating the underprivileged. Medical students learn on the bodies of the poor—and the poor suffer from their mistakes.
Rachel Pearson confronted these harsh realities when she started medical school in Galveston, Texas. Pearson, herself from a working-class background, remains haunted by the suicide of a close friend, experiences firsthand the heartbreak of her own errors in a patient’s care, and witnesses the ruinous effects of a hurricane on a Texas town’s medical ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393249248
SKU
V9780393249248
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99-15
About Rachel Pearson
Rachel Pearson, MD, PhD, is a resident physician who also holds a PhD from the Institute for the Medical Humanities. Her writing has appeared in Scientific American, the Guardian, the Texas Observer, and the New York Times Book Review.
Reviews for No Apparent Distress
"Engrossing....Pearson’s vivid writing sometimes lulls you into the trance of a good story—character, voice, plot, conflict—but there’s always the sucker punch at the end to remind you of the gruesome endpoint of the American healthcare system....Her literary skill is apparent in her book. Her courage, honesty and doggedness are evident on every page."
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