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Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital

by David A., M.D. Ansell and Quentin, M.D. Young

County

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'Life, Death And Politics' Treating Chicago's Uninsured

County: Life Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital

June 15, 2011 Dr. David Ansell's experiences treating patients at Chicago's public hospital for 17 years turned him into a strong advocate for national health care reform. He details what it was like to work with Chicago's uninsured patient population in a new memoir and social history.

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