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Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital (The Inspiration for the NBC Drama New Amsterdam) Paperback – July 2, 2013

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In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection.

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).
Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital, but he is also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.
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Eric Manheimer, M.D. was the Medical Director at Bellevue for over thirteen years and is a Clinical Professor at the New York University School of Medicine. He is an Internist who trained at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York in Internal Medicine. Following his Chief Residency there, he moved to Hanover, New Hampshire where he was a member of Dartmouth Medical School and the Hitchcock Clinic for many years.

He has had a long interest in international health working in Haiti and Pakistan and in medical anthropology, history, the social sciences and literature particularly of Latin America. Along with his wife Diana Taylor, who is a University Professor at New York University, Eric travels extensively in Latin America and Mexico. He has two children and one grandchild, who was born at Bellevue.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (July 2, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1455503878
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1455503872
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 1.25 x 9.05 inches
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Paul Croy
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book by an excellent author and interesting. `
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The author dives right into the description of his hospital and its history. Very interesting. the next segment starts a discussion of the first patient.

A very good read, well written the fascinating.
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Eddie Wannabee
5.0 out of 5 stars Inside Bellevue Hospital
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There is always something very fascinating about hospitals in general, specially after one have had the misfortune to be treated at one for a malady that required that level of intervention. I, personally, have been in through the emergency room several times so far, and a few of those times I was admitted, which is another word for saying someone is in trouble, and requires immediate attention. Walking through the corridors, taking on the busy life of medical personnel, even tasting the food that it is offered, is one experience that is very hard to forget.
Twelve Patients: Life and Deat at Bellevue Hospital is much more of a good read, that I initially was willing to give it credit for. The excellent author, Mr. Eric Manheimer, takes the reader on a tour, that otherwise would be hard to take. His knowledge, research, case files, and so many things more, gives this book a quality of reading well worth pursuing. Everyone knows that many end up in a hospital as they are knocking on heaven's door, and sometimes when one is roaming around the wings, and takes a look inside the rooms, never fails to be seen a person covered with all manners of medical equipment, and perhaps a visitor(s) that faithfully keeps watch over their loved one.
This book has so many angles, but all of them, are as the title suggests, life at Bellevue Hospital, which in a way is quite a legend where hospitals are concerned. Heavy subject, written in a light manner, makes this book one to read and share. 4.5 Stars.
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Russell J. Sanders
4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful book
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Being a huge fan of the TV series New Amsterdam, I purchased its source material, Eric Manheimer’s Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital. The book arrived, and I put it in my “to read” stack. It languished there for quite some time as my perception was it would be a clinical treatise that would be hard to wade through. But I eventually began reading, and I was quite surprised. Manheimer, a doctor who had been head of Bellevue for a time, chose twelve diverse patients, himself among them, to tell us readers about the American medical system and the largest of hospitals in that system. His patients are a diverse lot, economically and culturally. Dr. Manheimer is definitely a man of the world, so he is able to reach out to his patients in ways that other doctors may not be able to, conversing with them in Spanish, understanding their backgrounds, and even relating to their music and food choices. As he weaves his tales, we see him get involved personally with these patients, and it is this personal touch that makes the book so fascinating and rich. And to include his own battle with cancer gives us further insight into this remarkable physician. The book reads like a series of interconnected short stories, rather than a series of medical histories as I feared. And anyone who has watched New Amsterdam can certainly see Manheimer in the show’s main character. This is a powerful book.
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Rebecca
5.0 out of 5 stars Stories from a Healer
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If you are interested in medical issues (and what thinking adult in today's world is not), you should read Dr. Eric Manheimer's Twelve Patients. This book could be a primer for anyone who wants to be informed about the massive problems involved in health care in the United States. Dr. Manheimer is well qualified to address such issues. He was medical director at Bellevue Hospital in New York for 15 years and also has wide international experience.

My perception of Bellevue was the stereotypical one to which the author refers. I thought of it as a gigantic psych ward that also served as a refuge for the poor and destitute. Now I see that the hospital is that, but so much more. The oldest hospital in the U.S., it serves a vast and heterogeneous population. The staff must deal with prisoners and Park Avenue-ites, be prepared to communicate in dozens of languages, cope with particular problems related to varied cultures. Running such a show would be, in euphemistic terms, a challenge.

Fortunately, in addition to being a dedicated physician, Dr. Manheimer is also a writer. He drew me into his world immediately, with startling detail and allusions that widen the scope of the book. He uses the stories of the twelve patients he discusses as a springboard to demonstrate the demands placed on our country's healthcare system. In the process he highlights many of our societal problems, from obesity to drug addiction.

Each of these twelve people could be the subject of a short novel. Some stories end well; some do not. Even those that end with a cure or favorable resolution leave the reader with a sense of wanting more. What happens to these people when they leave the hospital's safe zone?

Though the book is not "preachy," Dr. Manheimer makes it clear how he feels about medical treatment for the poor. He is compassionate and seems to have the ability to empathize with the patient in front of him, whether a homeless drug addict or a vicious criminal. Let me make it clear, however, that I did not sense a hint of self-aggrandizement or self-righteousness.

Perhaps Dr. Manheimer is humbled by his own experience with a virulent form of cancer; he is the subject of one of the book's chapters. That experience may have given him new insights, and his years in the crucible of inner city medicine may have forged a resilient, perceptive heart. That being said, I finished the book convinced that this doctor's basic nature was from the beginning well suited for the healing arts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars interesting read
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I enjoyed this book but did find it hard going at times. I chose to read it because of the excellent spin off TV series in which the book is mentioned in the credits.
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