A powerful, true story of life and death in a major metropolitan hospital. . . Harrowing. . . An important book.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
What is life worth?And what is a life worth living?At a time when America faces vital choices about the future
of its health care, former NEW YORK TIMES correspondent Lisa Belkin takes a powerful and poignant look at the inner
workings of Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, telling the remarkable, real-life stories of the doctors, patients,
families, and hospital administrators who must ask--and ultimately answer--the most profound and heart-rendng questions
about life and death.
A medical reporter for The New York Times delivers an exceptional, widely acclaimed work of true medicine. First,
Do No Harm is the dramatic story of real doctors and patients making impossible choices at Houston's Harmann
Hospital. Optioned by Paramount for Robert Redford. (Medical)