Description: Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder The powerful story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Bostons homeless community--by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder has been described by The Baltimore Sun as a "master of the nonfiction narrative." In Rough Sleepers, Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story of Dr. Jim OConnell, a gifted man who invented ways to create a community of care for a citys unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets--the "rough sleepers." When Jim OConnell graduated from Harvard Medical School and was nearing the end of his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, the chief of medicine made a proposal: Would he defer a prestigious fellowship and spend a year helping to create an organization to bring health care to homeless citizens? Jim took the job because he felt he couldnt refuse. But that year turned into his lifes calling. Tracy Kidder spent five years following Dr. OConnell and his colleagues as they served their thousands of homeless patients. In this illuminating book we travel with OConnell as he navigates the city, offering medical care, socks, soup, empathy, humor, and friendship to some of the citys most endangered citizens. He emphasizes a style of medicine in which patients come first, joined with their providers in what he calls "a system of friends." Much as he did with Paul Farmer in Mountains Beyond Mountains, Kidder explores how a small but dedicated group of people have changed countless lives by facing one of American societys difficult problems instead of looking away. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN Author Tracy Kidder Publisher Thorndike Press Large Print Year 2023 ISBN-13 9798885789219 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-05-24 Imprint Thorndike Press Large Print Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-05-24 NZ Release Date 2023-05-24 US Release Date 2023-05-24 UK Release Date 2023-05-24 Subtitle Dr. Jim OConnells Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People Edition Description Large type / large print edition Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158422455;
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