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    People of the ER
    People of the ER
    People of the ER
    Audiobook5 hours

    People of the ER

    Written by Philip Allen Green, MD

    Narrated by David de Vries

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    About this audiobook

    Standing in the trauma room of an emergency department is like standing at ground zero of a nuclear reaction, only it's not radiation that is released-but stories. Stories that are told and retold, sometimes just until the end of the shift, but sometimes for decades.

    A survivor of domestic violence makes it to the hospital but cannot trust anyone. An anonymous man passes away after being taken to the emergency room, and no one can identify him. The spouse of a cancer patient must decide whether to force her to undergo chemotherapy or to let her pass away in peace.

    These stories-and all the rest in People of the ER-grapple with what it means to be human in the face of trauma and death.

    Written by the author of Trauma Room Two, People of the ER delves deeper into the lives of the patients and staff that work in a small, rural emergency room.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 26, 2017
    ISBN9781541483590
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    • 3/5
      ended good but not as good as trauma room 2. very confusing at times.

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    • 5/5
      Little depressed but beautiful collection of stories in the ER. I were in tears 20 minutes into the book and finished listening to it in one long shot ?. I agree with the wife. Please keep writing, I love your style of writing.
    • 3/5
      Good book, but too many/long stories in comparison to the actual ER and medical stories in my opinion.
    • 5/5
      Incredible writer compelling and engaging visceral emotional powerful really great
    • 5/5
      I absolutely love his stories! He is an awesome Dr that happens to be an author. His patient stories make me feel as though I am the nurse working by his side. The descriptions of his patients and how he cares for them pulls me in and I finish his books in a matter of hours, hating when I know the are coming to an end. As an RN I would so enjoy working by his side. Please keep writing!!!
    • 3/5
      This is one of those books that I liked but can't really say was enjoyable. It discusses many tough subjects. The alcoholics, the addict, those with terminal illnesses, and others that come though the doors of the Emergency Room every day. There are a couple of feel good stories thrown in to take some of the edge off but mostly it sticks with the hardest cases this doctor has dealt with.
    • 5/5
      This is the second book by Dr Green about life in the ER. I thought that the first book was fantastic and this one is even better. It's more than just stories about what happens in the ER. Dr. Green writes this book with compassion for the people he sees in the ER, understanding of the stress that the other medical people go through on a day to day basis in the ER and most importantly to me, his feeling about the job that he is doing and how it affects his life and the life of his family. Beautiful and well written, this is a must read!