Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital

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In providing medical care for these people who have already suffered so much, Manheimer also battles with the constraints of the US health care system. He shows how treatment regimes can sometimes confuse diagnoses and disguise underlying problems - he clearly favours a more hands-off and holistic approach to patient care - but his critique of the overall system is more subtle than one might expect. A story about Arnie, a Wall Street high-flyer who loses everything to drug and alcohol addiction, is less cohesive yet still saddening. While it’s easy to hate a man who grew wealthy off the losses of others, Arnie pays dearly. Even when he manages to clean up, he’s left unemployed, with the fallout of angry ex-wives and deeply troubled adult children. et his story ends on a fragile note; we learn nothing about what happens to him. Closing this vignette, Manheimer writes: “I… pondered the nature of forgiveness.” Don’t we all. et al. Long-Term Follow-Up of 12 Patients Treated with Bilateral Pallidal Stimulation for Tardive Dystonia. Life. 2021; 11(6):477. It's also very depressing. Most of these cases are not cured and most of these patients were victimized before they became ill. Manheimer offers a window onto a unique hospital and the wisdom of a healer who tends with equal skill to patients and the world." - Publishers Weekly

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Book Genre: Autobiography, Biography, Biography Memoir, Health, History, Medical, Medicine, Memoir, Nonfiction, Psychology, Science While infamous for its mental hospital, Bellevue has long been more than a mental care facility. From its beginnings in 1763, Bellevue is the longest-running hospital in the United States. Its services are extensive, its facilities state-of-the-art. Manheimer is justifiably proud to work there. My favorite parts were about the history of Bellevue and about the different parts of it. Very amazing. Vidailhet, M.; Vercueil, L.; Houeto, J.-L.; Krystkowiak, P.; Benabid, A.-L.; Cornu, P.; Lagrange, C.; Du Montcel, S.T.; Dormont, D.; Grand, S.; et al. Bilateral Deep-Brain Stimulation of the Globus Pallidus in Primary Generalized Dystonia. N. Engl. J. Med. 2005, 352, 459–467. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef][ Green Version]

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In the chapter Beso de Angel, it is about how a dying young Mexican man is returned to the land of his birth. I liked this passage "How people die and how we participate in their deaths is as much about us as about them. Our own humanity is at stake. In a society that is increasingly mesmerized by efficiency, measurement by numbers and a bottom-line neutrality that extols profit and wealth over any other human value, the risk is clear to everyone I work with. When health care is now measured by a 'medical loss ratio', and the percentage of spending on health care is considered a 'loss', then we are really lost." Starr, P.A.; Turner, R.S.; Rau, G.; Lindsey, N.; Heath, S.; Volz, M.; Ostrem, J.L.; Marks, W.J. Microelectrode-guided implantation of deep brain stimulators into the globus pallidus internus for dystonia: Techniques, electrode locations, and outcomes. J. Neurosurg. 2006, 104, 488–501. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed]

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A former medical director of Bellevue Hospital in New York offers stories from the case histories of twelve patients, ranging from a homeless man to a prominent Wall Street financier, to humanize current social issues

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Although the Author is based in Bellevue in New York City, like that BBC2 programme this book was a real eye opener. In the space of one book he takes us beyond the walls of a busy hospital and shows us modern day America in terms of what you sow, so shall you reap! Octavio Salcedo, an illegal immigrant working in the States, also develops a squamous cell carcinoma, but is less fortunate that his doctor. At age 32, his body is literally rotting from cancer; one leg, beyond rescue, has been amputated at the hip. There’s nothing for him but a morphine pump. He wishes to die at home, in Mexico, where he can be with his children. His young wife stands by staunchly, soon to be a penniless widow with small children. Again, we are shown the tremendous lengths Manheimer and his excellent staff will go to so the Salcedos may have their final wish. Their heroic efforts will leave only the most heartless reader dry-eyed. interesting to readers, or important in the respective research area. The aim is to provide a snapshot of some of the

Twelve patients : life and death at Bellevue Hospital

Morigaki, R.; Mure, H.; Kaji, R.; Nagahiro, S.; Goto, S. Therapeutic Perspective on Tardive Syndrome with Special Reference to Deep Brain Stimulation. Front. Psychiatry 2016, 7, 207. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed][ Green Version] The title of this book, 'Twelve Patients', is a bit inaccurate. There are twelve stories in the book about patients and their care, however the author also has his own medical story to tell. The author, Eric Manheimer, is the Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He has throat cancer. So nestled among the 12 stories chosen, is his regiment and life altering condition, as he oversees Bellevue. All articles published by MDPI are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. No special Although I share Manheimer’s views, I found Twelve Patients uneven reading. Manheimer is an excellent physician who genuinely cares not only for his patients, but for his staff, as well. His respect for everyone, from nurses to hospital cleaning personnel, is evident and welcome. But the self-congratulatory ego sneaking into the proceedings is not.

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