{"product_id":"hospital-isbn-9780143115366","title":"Hospital","description":"\u003cb\u003eMan, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A warts-and-all exploration of the struggles suffered and triumphs achieved by America's health-care professionals, \u003ci\u003eHospital\u003c\/i\u003e follows a year in the life of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, which serves a diverse multicultural demographic. Unraveling the financial, ethical, technological, sociological, and cultural challenges encountered every day, bestselling author Julie Salamon tracks the individuals who make this complex hospital run-from doctors, patients, and administrators to nurses, ambulance drivers, cooks, and cleaners. Drawing on her skills as an award-winning interviewer, observer, and social critic, Salamon reveals the dynamic universe of small and large concerns and personalities that, taken together, determine the nature of care in America.\" A first-rate book . . . [\u003ci\u003eHospital\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like a novel, elicits equal parts dismay and awe, yet never wavers from truth telling.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Dan Cryer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" Immensely heartening. . . . If there's hope for our overburdened health care system, \u003ci\u003eHospital\u003c\/i\u003e suggests we can thank the decent, thoughtful men and women laboring overtime to improve the quality of life-and death-in our gloriously lumpy American melting pot.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Salamon\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several award-winning books for adults, including \u003ci\u003eWendy and the Lost Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as her debut novel for children, \u003ci\u003eCat in the City.\u003c\/i\u003e Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eth\u003c\/i\u003ee \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and more.  She lives in Manhattan with her family.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301222928613,"sku":"NP9780143115366","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115366.jpg?v=1767729241","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hospital-isbn-9780143115366","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}