Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital

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Dr. Manheimer writes a book encompassing his long career as the medical director working at Bellevue Hospital in NYC. Each chapter is devoted to one patient and their story. Dr. Manheimer also becomes a patient when he is diagnosed with throat cancer and describes the treatment plan he goes through and the long, difficult road to recovery. His illness makes him a very empathetic doctor, as he knows what it is like to suffer, just like his patients. He is also very soft-hearted and finds a special place in his heart to help several immigrants (including undocumented) obtain the care he feels they deserve. He develops long-term friendships with patients and guides them along their journey whenever possible. Andrews, C.; Aviles-Olmos, I.; Hariz, M.; Foltynie, T. Which patients with dystonia benefit from deep brain stimulation? A metaregression of individual patient outcomes. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 2010, 81, 1383–1389. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef][ Green Version] urn:lcp:twelvepatientsli0000manh:lcpdf:f345ac1a-0eeb-47ed-8e9f-792beeeab5e5 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier twelvepatientsli0000manh Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s215pn5wtcv Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781455503889 Kiriakakis, V.; Bhatia, K.P.; Quinn, N.P.; Marsden, C.D. The natural history of tardive dystonia. A long-term follow-up study of 107 cases. Brain 1998, 121, 2053–2066. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef][ Green Version]

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Only kept reading because the patients were so interesting, both as illustrations of the kinds of cases that come to Bellevue, and as a lens through which to examine current topics in medicine today. I even liked the author's personal cancer story. Ostrem, J.L.; Starr, P.A. Treatment of dystonia with deep brain stimulation. Neurotherapeutics 2008, 5, 320–330. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed] interesting to readers, or important in the respective research area. The aim is to provide a snapshot of some of theWhile 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.

Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Book Review: Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue

I made it all the way to Chapter 11 but I simply could not go on. Listening to this (audiobook) had to be one of the most miserable experiences of my life. The story, and narration, was so dull and depressing. There was no silver lining (at least up to Chapter 11). The world is f**ked. Everything's f**ked. There's not even a system we can called f**ked. I decided to read this book after finding out that the new TV series New Amsterdam is based on it. I can see some of the information in the chapters woven into some of the episodes my husband and I have watched. There are some hard truths in this book. I found it fascinating when Dr Manheimer was talking with Marta in the chapter Four Generations; about immigrants from Central America and the apparent propensity for diabetes and obesity. This spanned the four generations that the doctor knew about. There is a passage in the chapter that reads "The key strategy of the food industry has been taken from the legal, legislative, marketing, and risk-adjusted playbook of the tobacco wars." It talks about how junk food/sodas are marketed to the public and the rise in sedentary lifestyles and obesity. I’m not trying to write unkindly of Dr. Manheimer’s effort. Certainly he is skilled, generous, and devoted. But we aren’t all writers. This isn’t to say Dr. Manheimer doesn’t have a great deal to import, but Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital would have benefited greatly from professional assistance—better editing, even a professional ghostwriter. Manheimer intends more than 12 sharp little medical biographies. He uses each case as a springboard from an ailing individual to greater social ills. While these digressions are intended to edify, Manheimer’s impassioned asides lose urgency with unnecessary repetition. Burke, R.E.; Fahn, S.; Jankovic, J.; Marsden, C.D.; Lang, A.E.; Gollomp, S.; Ilson, J. Tardive dystonia: Late-onset and persistent dystonia caused by antipsychotic drugs. Neurology 1982, 32, 1335. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed]

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Editors select a small number of articles recently published in the journal that they believe will be particularly Using the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social implications" ( Publishers Weekly). Alterman, R.L.; Miravite, J.; Weisz, D.; Shils, J.L.; Bressman, S.B.; Tagliati, M. Sixty hertz pallidal deep brain stimulation for primary torsion dystonia. Neurology 2007, 69, 681–688. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] Lerner, V.; Miodownik, C. Motor Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Is Tardive Dyskinesia a Symptom or Side Effect? A Modern Treatment. Curr. Psychiatry Rep. 2011, 13, 295–304. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed]The opening chapters of Twelve Patients are compelling enough to overcome the book’s flaws. We meet Juan Guerra, a 59-year-old career criminal dying of cancer. Manheimer’s description is of a basically decent person who had little chance in life. Despite multiple incarcerations, drug problems, and terminal illness, Guerra has managed to keep his family together, including his devoted wife of 35 years. The hospital staff secures his freedom so he can go home to die. Dr. Eric Manheimer, until recently medical director of New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, has added to the genre with Twelve Patients: Life And Death At Bellevue Hospital. Manheimer is the first to proudly explain Bellevue’s history. 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. Further, Manheimer is preaching to a left-wing choir, assuming readers share his liberal political leanings on everything from the need for socialized medical care to a call for more lenient immigration policies. While many readers may wholeheartedly agree with Manheimer, others may be so distracted by his overt liberal agenda that they abandon the book.