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One Children's Place: Inside a Children's Hospital
“A welcome and poignant account of the intense human and political dynamics of a major children’s hospital that will have a substantial impact on the way you view children and their care.” —The New England Journal of MedicineLee Gutkind is a master at stepping into the worlds of medicine and revealing the unique desires, characteristics, and stories of the people therein. For One Children’s Place, he spent two years at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, observing not just the patients but also their nurses, surgeons, therapists, administrators, and families. What he found was an institution that excelled at responding to the needs of the children who stayed there, from the professionals who dealt with the unique problems of hospital furniture and design, to the nurses and social workers who became unwaveringly close allies to their young charges, to the doctors who undertook risky new procedures to save lives.Brimming with hope and animated by fascinating anecdotes, One Children’s Place is a powerful portrait of heroism and heartbreak, by one of America’s foremost nonfiction storytellers.
362 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 1991
About the author
Lee Gutkind
100 books98 followersLee Gutkind has been recognized by Vanity Fair as “the godfather behind creative nonfiction.” A prolific writer, he has authored and edited over twenty-five books, and is the founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction, the first and largest literary magazine to publish only narrative nonfiction. Gutkind has received grants, honors, and awards from numerous organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Science Foundation. A man of many talents, Gutkind has been a motorcyclist, medical insider, sports expert, sailor, and college professor. He is currently distinguished writer in residence in the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University and a professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication.
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May 13, 2022
Sweet and real, reminds me of why I love being a child life specialist. Will refer to future students!
May 28, 2018
Hospital (Plume)
by Lee Gutkind
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is one of many hospitals dedicated to taking care of children, which as more than one doctor put it, aren’t simply small adults.
The author introduces us to various patients and because they are so young, their parents, their struggles and triumphs. The author also delves into the background of hospital tightly interspersed with those of the health professionals.
While this was an interesting book, it was a tedious book. It took me forever to read because I just wasn’t overly motivated to read it.
When I checked the author credits at the end of the e-book that listed his previous works and I realized that I had read one of his other books, “Many Sleepless Nights.” Unfortunately, I don’t have a review written of it because I read it years ago in hardcover, but I remember having the same feeling I had with this book. It was an OK read and not really worth reading again.
With that in mind, I give this book 3/5 stars. I won’t say it’s not worth your time especially if you are interested in the history of hospital medicine, I just wouldn’t go out of my way to read it.
by Lee Gutkind
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is one of many hospitals dedicated to taking care of children, which as more than one doctor put it, aren’t simply small adults.
The author introduces us to various patients and because they are so young, their parents, their struggles and triumphs. The author also delves into the background of hospital tightly interspersed with those of the health professionals.
While this was an interesting book, it was a tedious book. It took me forever to read because I just wasn’t overly motivated to read it.
When I checked the author credits at the end of the e-book that listed his previous works and I realized that I had read one of his other books, “Many Sleepless Nights.” Unfortunately, I don’t have a review written of it because I read it years ago in hardcover, but I remember having the same feeling I had with this book. It was an OK read and not really worth reading again.
With that in mind, I give this book 3/5 stars. I won’t say it’s not worth your time especially if you are interested in the history of hospital medicine, I just wouldn’t go out of my way to read it.
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June 28, 2015This book talks about the day-to-day lives and interactions between patients parents and professionals in this Pennsylvania Children's Hospital.
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