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The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER by Thomas Fisher
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.5
The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER by Thomas Fisher | Book Review
Dr. Thomas Fisher is an emergency room doctor working on the South Side of Chicago when the city is suddenly locked down as a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has seen firsthand how our country's healthcare system treats many as second-class citizens.
I really love that Fisher interrupts the narrative of his days to write letters to his various patients. They are vulnerable and beautifully written.
In his letters, Fisher explores why many Black and poor people are not offered the same level of care available to those (mostly white) with private insurance. He goes one step further, by including not only the pandemic but also the protests for racial justice that took place across the city of Chicago that summer.
I listened to this one on audiobook, which Fisher reads himself. Listening to his voice made everything - especially the letters - feel so much more empathetic and impactful.
Overall, I like this one. I laughed. I cried. It moved me.
Dr. Thomas Fisher is an emergency room doctor working on the South Side of Chicago when the city is suddenly locked down as a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has seen firsthand how our country's healthcare system treats many as second-class citizens.
I really love that Fisher interrupts the narrative of his days to write letters to his various patients. They are vulnerable and beautifully written.
In his letters, Fisher explores why many Black and poor people are not offered the same level of care available to those (mostly white) with private insurance. He goes one step further, by including not only the pandemic but also the protests for racial justice that took place across the city of Chicago that summer.
I listened to this one on audiobook, which Fisher reads himself. Listening to his voice made everything - especially the letters - feel so much more empathetic and impactful.
Overall, I like this one. I laughed. I cried. It moved me.