Living and dying in Brick City : an E.R. doctor returns home /

Davis, Sampson.

Living and dying in Brick City : an E.R. doctor returns home / Sampson Davis with Lisa Frazier Page. - 1st ed. - New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2013. - 241 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-241).

Brothers -- Hiding in plain sight -- Brick City -- Love hurts -- Dying for love -- Baby love -- Clubbing -- The fear factor -- The fish bowl -- Russian roulette -- No air -- Killing us softly -- Reaching out -- Unexpected twists.

Presents a narrative exploration of the health-care crisis in inner-city communities as drawn from the author's experiences as an emergency room resident in the Newark community where he grew up, in an account that illuminates the complicated human realities behind the statistics.

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Davis, Sampson.


African American physicians--New Jersey--Biography.
Emergency medicine--New Jersey--Newark--Case studies.
Emergency physicians--New Jersey--Newark--Biography.
Medicine--Study and teaching (Internship)
Minorities--Health and hygiene--United States.
Urban health--United States.

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