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__**The Chicago Sun Times, December 26, 2011 **"** **Must Read Book of 2012: Public Hospital's Sad Tale"** Make it the last book you read in 2011 or your first of 2012 but whatever you do. don't miss out on __**County:Life, Death and Poilitics at Chicago's Public Hospital...**__** Esther Cepeda__ The Amazing Tale Of County Is The Story Of One Of America's Oldest And Most Unusual Urban Hospitals. From It's Inception As A Poor House Dispensing Free Medical Care To Indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital Has Been Both A Renowned Teaching Hospital And The Healthcare Provider Of Last Resort For The City's Uninsured. County Covers More Than Thirty Years Of Its History, Beginning In The Late 1970s When The Author Began His Internship, To The Final Rounds When The Enormous Iconic Victorian Hospital Building Was Replaced And Hundreds Of Former Trainees Gathered To Bid It An Emotional Farewell.--amazon.com. The Hospital -- 1989 : You Should Write That Book -- 1964-1978 : Wounded Pigeon Syndrome -- 1977 : Cook County Hospital : We'd Fit Right In -- July 1978 : Sink Or Swim -- 1978 : The Cure -- 1978 : Is There A Doctor In The House? -- General Medicine Clinic -- Er -- I Call It Murder -- 1979-1982 : Battle-worn -- 1981 : County Will Do This To You -- 1983-1986 : Amateur Sociologists -- 1983 : Moving On -- Working Against The Odds -- 1984 : The Breast Cancer Screening Program -- 1985 : I'm Sticking To The Union -- 1989-1992 : Designed To Fail -- I Felt Like A Human Being -- Aids And The Lessons Learned -- Crossing The Threshold -- 2004 : 'til Death Do We Part -- 2002 : Last Rounds -- 2008 : Déjà Vu All Over Again. David A. Ansell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 217) And Index. The amazing tale of "County" is the story of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a "Poor House" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been both a renowned teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last resort for the city's uninsured. COUNTY covers more than thirty years of its history, beginning in the late 1970s when the author began his internship, to the "Final Rounds" when the enormous iconic Victorian hospital building was replaced and hundreds of former trainees gathered to bid it an emotional farewell. Ansell writes of the hundreds of doctors who wentthrough the rigorous training process with him, sharing hisvision of saving the world and of resurrecting a hospital onthe verge of closing. Radical Medicine is about people, fromAnsells mentors, including the legendary Quentin Young,to the multitude of patients whom he and Countys medicalstaff labored to diagnose and heal. It is a story aboutpolitics, from contentious union strikes to battles againstpatient dumping, and public health, depicting the AIDScrisis and the opening of Countys HIV/AIDS clinic, thefirst in the city. Finally, it is about a young mans medical education inurban America, a coming-of-age story set against a backdropof race, segregation and poverty. The amazing tale of #x93;County? is the story of one of America{u2019}s oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a #x93;poor house? dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago{u2019}s Cook County Hospital has been renowned as a teaching hospital and the healthcare provider of last resort for the city{u2019}s uninsured. Ansell covers more than thirty years of its history, beginning in the late 1970s when the author began his internship, to the #x93;Final Rounds? when the enormous iconic Victorian hospital building was replaced. Ansell writes of the hundreds of doctors who underwent rigorous training with him. He writes of politics, from contentious union strikes to battles against #x93;patient dumping,? and public health, depicting the AIDS crisis and the Out of Printening of County{u2019}s HIV/AIDS clinic, the first in the city. And finally it is a coming-of-age story for a young doctor set against a backdrOut of Print of race, segregation, and poverty. This is a riveting account From its inception as a "poor house" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been both a renowned teaching hospital and the health-care provider of last resort for the city's uninsured. County covers more than thirty years of its history, from the late 1970s, when the author began his internship, to the "final rounds," when the enormous, iconic Victorian hospital building was replaced and hundreds of former trainees gathered to bid it an emotional farewell. Ansell writes of the hundreds of doctors who went through the rigorous training process with him, sharing his vision of saving the world and of resurrecting a hospital on the verge of closing. County is about people, from Ansell's mentors, including the legendary social justice activist Quentin Young, to the multitude of patients he and County's medical staff labored to diagnose and heal. It is a story about politics, from contentious union strikes to battles against... Cook County Hospital 1989 : you should write this book 1974 : wounded pigeon 1977 : Cook County Hospital : we'd fit right in 1978 : sink or swim 1978 : the cure 1978 : is there a doctor in the house? General medicine clinic ER "Some call it murder" 1979-1982 : senior medical resident 1981 : county will do this to you 1983-1986 : amateur sociologists : moving on Working against the odds 1984 : the breast cancer screening program 1985 : I'm sticking to the union 1989-1992 : designed to fail AIDS and the lessons learned Crossing the threshold 1978-2004 : 'til death do we part 2001 : "last rounds" 2008 : "Deja vu all over again". The Chicago Sun Times, December 26, 2011 " Must Read Book of 2012: Public Hospital's Sad Tale" Make it the last book you read in 2011 or your first of 2012 but whatever you do. don't miss out on County:Life, Death and Poilitics at Chicago's Public Hospital... Esther Cepeda