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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Kidder, Tracy.     Subjects     O'Connell, James J. (James Joseph), 1948-     Homeless persons -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston.     Homeless persons -- Care -- Massachusetts -- Boston.     Homelessness -- Massachusetts -- Boston.     Homeless persons -- Services for.     Homeless persons -- Care.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kidder, Tracy.       by title:      Rough sleepers / Tra...       by call number:      LP 362.592 K46r     Search the Web     Kidder, Tracy.     O'Connell, James J. (James Joseph), 1948-     Homeless persons -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston.     Homeless persons -- Care -- Massachusetts -- Boston.     Homelessness -- Massachusetts -- Boston.     Homeless persons -- Services for.     Homeless persons -- Care.       MARC Display

Rough sleepers / Tracy Kidder. by Kidder, Tracy. Thorndike Press/Cengage Company, 2023. Call #: LP 362.592 K46r Subjects O'Connell, James J. (James Joseph), 1948-   Homeless persons -- Services for -- Massachusetts -- Boston.   Homeless persons -- Care -- Massachusetts -- Boston.   Homelessness -- Massachusetts -- Boston.   Homeless persons -- Services for.   Homeless persons -- Care. ISBN:  9798885789219 (hc large print) Edition:  Large print ed. Description:  485 p. (large print) ; 24 cm. Summary:  "In 'Rough Sleepers,' Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story of Dr. Jim O'Connell, a gifted man who invented ways to create a community of care for a city's unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets -- the 'rough sleepers.' When Jim O'Connell graduated from Harvard Medical School and was nearing the end of his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, the chief of medicine made a proposal: Would he defer a prestigious fellowship and spend a year helping to create an organization to bring health care to homeless citizens? Jim took the job because he felt he couldn't refuse. But that year turned into his life's calling. Tracy Kidder spent five years following Dr. O'Connell and his colleagues as they served their thousands of homeless patients. In this illuminating book we travel with O'Connell as he navigates the city, offering medical care, socks, soup, empathy, humor, and friendship to some of the city's most endangered citizens. He emphasizes a style of medicine in which patients come first, joined with their providers in what he calls 'a system of friends.' Much as he did with Paul Farmer in 'Mountains Beyond Mountains,' Kidder explores how a small but dedicated group of people have changed countless lives by facing one of American society's difficult problems instead of looking away."--From publisher. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 362.592 K46r Adult books Checked out Sep 12, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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